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Westlaw Legal Calendaring Rules has been combined with ProLaw’s powerful docketing and case management capability to provide a comprehensive legal calendaring solution. By utilizing the extensive legal content expertise of West, clients can expect more rules sets and the most technologically advanced solution available.


More Access to More Content

Westlaw Rules currently maintains over 1,000 rules sets. With hundreds more to be added every year, Westlaw Rules will continue to expand its current coverage of jurisdictions – including federal, state, appellate, and bankruptcy – for hundreds of venues. Specialized rules sets for family law, probate, criminal law, and intellectual property prosecution, both foreign and domestic, will also be expanded.

Increased Resources to Ensure Quality Content and Improved Access to Support Services

A newly expanded team of full-time attorneys and staff is dedicated to rules automation and acquisition. Together these groups ensure that rules are based directly upon the rules established by courts and legislatures for the most accurate and reliable rules possible.

Westlaw Rules attorneys and staff are available to assist you with questions relating to authorities, calculations, wording of rules and, in some cases, interpretation of rules. Technical questions, such as how to download court rules updates, are handled directly by Thomson Elite Support professionals.

Direct Integration with Westlaw.com

Thomson Elite clients using ProLaw® will have a direct link to the actual text of the rule on Westlaw.com to support the reason for the date calculation. Once on Westlaw.com, users have access to the actual rule and the editorial enhancements of Westlaw, including KeyCite® and ResultsPlus®.



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