I am the sole gc in a mid-sized company. How many of you (big or small) are using WestLaw Edge with the Practical Law supplement? I only need it 3-4 times per year but the in-house version is $1500 / month (most expensive of all WestLaw products). It is an invaluable tool and makes me a much more capable lawyer, but my company can’t justify that expense. Will this essential tool ever become affordable for our company? Do you guys have any work arounds?

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I have PL without Westlaw Edge and only pay a fraction of that price (~400/mo). Practical Law I need quite a bit. Actual Westlaw - not so much. If I ever need to do actual legal research that I can’t do with free resources, I typically farm that out to outside counsel.

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I got lexis and it works just as well and is cheaper. They have some specials right now.

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Thanks for the lead on Lexis. I went thru the exact same situation re: Practical Law with Westlaw and my budget people a couple weeks ago. Same stats as the poster - midsize company.

I love PLI. The app is fantastic.

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What do you mean by PLI? What is the ‘I’?

Just having this discussion with my boss. I think practical law is super helpful for trying to figure things out in-house, and helps us filter through what we need to hand off to outside counsel. We never use Westlaw, and it would kill me to switch to Lexis.

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PLC without westlaw is cheaper. Look into that. Or hire a law student intern and use their student license. Would be cheaper bc it's unlimited.

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Connect helps with drafting. Just reg old Practical Law is fine.

I have a full schedule subscription now. It’s super expensive. I use it two to three times a week. I’m forced to buy two seats.

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Also curious what kind of things you are using it for that regularly.

I was in your position for about 4 years. Didn’t use westlaw or lexis and got along just fine, culminated in a 9 figure acquisition. Now I have practical law as a sole practitioner and it is helpful and it would have made me somewhat more productive in house, but at $1500?? That’s a joke. Not worth it. You could find everything you need through free legal resources and the occasional visit to a library. I’d rather they put the $1,500 in my own pocket.

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That makes perfect sense. I’m not opposed to it, even though I didn’t use it myself. I just think $1500 can have some sticker shock, especially at certain companies.

Bro, you gotta brush off those advocacy skills! Practical law has saved me several times and I think that if you can frame it as a risk-cost-benefit analysis you’ll prove your case. Best of luck.

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