LexisNexis® Automated Forms & Precedents: Criminal Law Helps Law Firms Reduce Costly Clerical Errors
Forms Management Tool Streamlines Document Preparation Using Award-Winning HotDocs® Software
Automated Forms & Precedents uses LexisNexis® HotDocs® software, the leading document automation solution with more than 400,000 users worldwide. HotDocs transforms word-processed documents into interactive templates that save time, minimize errors, and let firms share knowledge efficiently. With Automated Forms & Precedents, criminal practitioners can quickly generate a wide range of customized documents, such as applications, affidavits, orders, warrants, subpoenas, appeals, forms, and correspondence.
“Our customers told us that forms are a key element in their law practice, but that repetitive tasks often lead to serious mistakes and inconsistencies. These tasks include entering information, cutting and pasting, and searching and replacing,” said Indira Nunner, product manager, Practice Management, at LexisNexis Canada. “Automated Forms & Precedents solves all these issues, so lawyers and their staff can produce better documents without increasing their document management costs.”
Automated Forms & Precedents simplifies each stage of document preparation:
• Special Intake Sheets — Print signature-ready documents.
• Reusable Answer Files — Store and re-use information to
instantly complete forms for the same client without having to re-
enter it.
• Smart Formatting — Eliminate easy-to-miss errors with
automatic insertion of appropriate pronouns and verbs, paragraph
numbering, numbers, dates, and calculations.
• Easy Customization — Simply answer questions and
Automated Forms & Precedents inserts the correct wording.
Documents can then be viewed and edited.
• Detailed Case Profiles — Print and bring to court or meetings.
• Consolidated Case Information — Keep track of details such
as appearance dates, details of bail/release, pleas, or other
disposition charges.
“LexisNexis is committed to helping legal professionals and law firms manage their time and resources effectively,” said Alan Dingle, vice president, Corporate Development, at LexisNexis Canada. “Automated Forms & Precedents: Criminal Law handles critical administrative functions so legal professionals can spend more time focusing on the practice of law.”
LexisNexis Automated Forms & Precedents: Criminal Law is part of LexisNexis Canada’s growing suite of Total Practice Solutions, including award-winning Practice Management services and tools proven to improve firm productivity and profitability. For more information, please email AutomatedForms@lexisnexis.ca or visit our online bookstore at www.lexisnexis.ca/bookstore.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. A member of Reed Elsevier [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide.
LexisNexis Canada Inc. (www.lexisnexis.ca) provides Total Practice Solutions that serve the changing needs of legal professionals and help them achieve excellence. LexisNexis offerings include the Quicklaw™ online research service for Canadian legal information; Butterworths print and CD-ROM titles and newspapers for legal, accounting, and other professionals; the Lexis and Nexis research services for global online legal, news, and business information; and solutions that serve the needs of law firms and organizations in Practice Management, Client Development, and Litigation Services.