Document drafting is a time-intensive and draining process for a lawyer. The high demand for quality and legally perfect documents within a tight time frame gets overwhelming, especially for high-volume practices. Fortunately, MS Word, the indispensable tool for lawyers, comes with a plethora of features that make drafting legal paperwork much less of a hassle. Modern attorneys have a thousand options to choose from in the Microsoft Appsource, the most functional being Word add-ins.
Legal add-ins are the new-gen assists for lawyers when it comes to contract drafting and reviewing. You simply attach the add-in extension of your choice and access its features where you work. But the question remains: Are these add-ins safe? Are they legally sound? What add-ins are useful for lawyers? Below are the answers to all these questions, plus a few ways you can start using add-ins today.
Drafting with templates: Busy law firms can benefit from AI-powered add-ins to draft a legal document from scratch in seconds. Type in a detailed prompt with the AI-enabled add-in and get a foolproof document customized for your needs. Add-ins with LLMs trained in legal data understand a lawyer’s requirement and draft a legally sound template for the expert to make changes to. At this stage, the lawyer is to review the document for crucial data and enhance its credibility.
Easily accessible and collaborative: Word add-ins are shareable and are promptly activated whenever Word is opened. Their easy-to-use interface appears as a task panel, making it feasible even for less tech-savvy teammates. Add-ins work where you do and let you pass it on to the next person with ease.
Secure data storage and management: Microsoft Word add-ins protect your contracts from unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. Moreover, add-ins trained in legal language help you comply with regulatory requirements and safeguard your intellectual property and confidential information.
No toggling between tabs: Did you know your productivity moves south every time you juggle between tasks? With add-ins, you get to enhance your productivity with an all-in-all platform that dedicatedly reduces these buffers. Need to review the contract? Type in a prompt asking to extract specific information, dates, and parties involved. Need to scan the document for sensitive data? Ask your AI-powered add-in to fetch it in seconds.
Customized tone to represent your party: With AI, lawyers can tailor the tone of the document to best represent their party. Drafting an agreement with clear clauses that state what they ask will further benefit both parties in the negotiation process, helping a faster turn-around time in closing deals.
Where to Find Microsoft Add-ins?
Before you hop in on the quest to find the perfect add-in, think, can you draft a contract without add-in? Or can you manually review a contract for discrepancies? The answer would often be a yes but with compromised efficiency and time. It is best to carry out a cost-benefit analysis to measure the productivity hike caused due to an add-in subscription.
Most Microsoft add-ins are readily available in the Microsoft Appsource, wherein you can simply search for an add-in based on your requirement and select the one judging by the features and reviews for each integration. You can also choose an add-in directly on Microsoft Word by simply clicking “Add-in” on the toolbar and integrating your preferred extension.
Final Thoughts
There are thousands of add-ins available on Microsoft Appsource, for productivity, note-taking, legal research, and so on. Most make a lawyer’s life much easier at little to no cost. Now, the real struggle is to choose one that stays afloat despite the numerous advancements. It is high time for the legal space to adopt next-gen cloud computing features into its infrastructure and everyday processes. With AI-enabled Word add-ins, you tap into an optimized functionality of the Microsoft suite and further accelerate business growth.