West BriefTools
Software from West lets you check and monitor citations and create an online report
Know with certainty that your documents cite good law
West BriefTools is a citation-checking and file-retrieving software application that you control from within Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect. With West BriefTools, you can build briefs faster and feel confident all citations in your firm's internal documents are accurate and up to date.
West BriefTools 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 brief to court that cites overturned law.
Save 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
Seamlessly integrate this software into your Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect environment, where it appears as a toolbar.
Put the power of West BriefTools to work in your practice
Search for citations
Pinpoint all of your firm's internal documents that contain a particular citation.
Check citations for accuracy
Instantly view the status of cited cases, statutes, regulations, and administrative decisions, and link to the full-text documents on Westlaw.
Add KeyCite flagsClick 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 Westlaw.
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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 Westlaw, as well as each citation's KeyCite history and citing references.
Take a closer look
Watch an online demonstration of West BriefTools at work.
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