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28 A P R I L 2 0 1 9 w w w . c a n a d i a n l a w y e r m a g . c o m Easing 10 pain points with document automation by Contract Express Where does advanced enterprise software reside in your law fi rm? Is every practice group and lawyer invested in the merits of document automation to make your workfl ow faster, more effi cient, more productive, and less costly? Many law fi rms are slow to adopt technology and playing catch-up becomes the daily grind. For the law fi rms that wisely invest in document automation solutions, like Thomson Reuters Contract Express, they notice a visible easing of pain points in document drafting alongside signifi cant benefi ts. Customers indicate that Contract Express brings value throughout the fi rm from partners to junior associates to the knowledge management team. Easing pain points of manual document drafting If your law fi rm is still manually drafting lengthy, repetitive, or complex documents, there is likely a high level of pain and wasted time and resources associated with it. Let's look at some of those pain points and see how document automation with Contract Express can mitigate that discomfort. 1. Too much time spent drafting documents. Lawyers spend an exorbitant amount of time making complex and repetitive changes to documents. But is it well spent? Document drafting aided by automation is where the legal industry is heading. When a law fi rm adopts Contract Express, it can signifi cantly reduce document drafting time. In an August 2017 online survey of legal professionals by ALM about document automation, 33 per cent of survey respondents said Contract Express cuts their time by 51 per cent or more. 2. Less billable time for lawyers. Time spent drafting is often unbilled time. Therefore, when lawyers "waste" time drafting documents manually, they lose hours they could bill back. Contract Express helps lawyers fi nd more time for billable work because less time is needed to draft documents. What also occurs is a transition from plain client documents to high-quality presentations that create positive reactions. The discussion soon centres less around billable time and more around quality work products that streamline productivity and effi ciency while increasing client satisfaction. Sponsored by Contract Express

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