BRIEFTOOLS
Know with certainty that your word-processing documents cite good law.
Monitor citations from within Microsoft® Word or Corel® WordPerfect® to ensure ongoing accuracy.
BriefTools is a citation-checking and file-retrieving software application that you control from within Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect.
Make your citation-checking process more thorough and efficient.
BriefTools software helps you:
- Save time. Verify and update your citations as you write your documents. In one click, KeyCite status flags and links appear next to each citation.
- Reduce errors. Feel confident that you'll never submit a document to court that cites overturned law or misquotes authority.
- Minimize effort. See how your colleagues argued similar issues, using the Find Local Documents feature to retrieve internal work that cites the same authority.
- Streamline your processes. The Solutions toolbar seamlessly integrates into your Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect environment, so you can access all your Thomson Reuters Westlaw software tools in one place.
Put the power of BriefTools to work in your practice.
Just download and install the software, and you'll instantly be able to:
- Add KeyCite flags to your documents. Click a button in your Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect toolbar to insert KeyCite status flags and links from each citation in your document to the full-text documents on WestlawNext.
- Verify quotations. With the complete WestCheck included in your BriefTools subscription, you can check quotations against the original text on WestlawNext.
- Search for citations and check them for accuracy. Pinpoint all of your firm's internal documents that contain a particular citation, and instantly view the status of cited cases, statutes, regulations, and administrative decisions, and link to the full-text documents on WestlawNext.
- Monitor citations. Automatically monitor the status of citations within your documents with the Monitor Citations with KeyCite feature.
- Create interactive reports. Create an online or offline summary report for each case, statute, regulation, and administrative decision cited in your document. The online report includes a navigational index, KeyCite status flags, and links to the full-text documents on WestlawNext, as well as each citation's KeyCite history and citing references.
- BriefTools is also included with all Drafting Assistant subscriptions.
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BriefTools software can be installed on most PCs that run Windows®. Click the link to learn more about system requirements and instructions for downloading the most recent version.
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