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For Document Management & Automation, the following are essential features, and you should therefore expect to see a check in every box in this section.
An open API means that the program has an application programming interface that will allow it to directly integrate with other software programs such your firm's timekeeping, accounting, or custom relationship management software.
This means the software provides information on document revisions and makes sure you are using the most recent version of a template.
The document management program creates resuable templates.
The program can create a guided interview and then use the client's answers to automatically create a document.
If the software uses conditional logic, this means that you can choose to have certain text in your assembled document included only under certain conditions
This means the software can generate tables of any size and place them in your assembled document.
If this field is checked, it means the software can perform calculations based on numerical or text input.
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For users who just want the court forms library, Lawyaw is priced at $70/user/month (with $30/add’l user/month. Otherwise, users can get all of the platform’s features for a price of $110/user/month (and $30/add’l user/month).
For Clio users, Lawyaw will pull new client information in from Clio Manage, so you don't have to create new contacts in the system. Users can also track Lawyaw drafting time within Clio.
For those without Clio, this is not necessarily a must-have. Lawyaw has a rather robust relational database built-in that can handle a substantial amount of your client information for you.
Lawyaw has a federally-compliant e-signature tool built right in. Since the product is web-based, lawyers simply sign online and then forward them to clients for their e-signature. This eliminates the need for a third-party e-signing tool such as HelloSign.
No. Currently, Lawyaw does not have a built-in or integrated ePayment system.
At the time of this writing, Lawyaw does not have Guided Interviews, however, users can easily send forms (or questionnaires) to clients in order to get information from them.
Lawyaw is a low-code document assembly platform. It’s Microsoft Word add-in makes creating templates relatively easy, and users of the Court Forms will find the necessary functionality has already been built-out.
Yes. Using the MS Word add-in, or the browser, attorneys can easily import their current templates into the system to use. Although, you will have to set-up any logic that is required.
Lawyaw is tightly integrated with the California state court filing system, giving attorneys access to over 5,000 court forms. Additionally, they provide court forms for New York, Florida, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois. Attorneys can fill out Judicial Council, county, and federal immigration forms with their platform. The company also updates those forms automatically, ensuring access to the most current version. This used to be their bread-and-butter, and for attorneys in California, may be worth the sticker price in-and-of-itself.
The browser-based app is easy to get started with and, as of this review, Lawyaw's documentation is pretty comprehensive. So an office can get up-and-running pretty quickly. However, like all document assembly providers, we suggest users take advantage of their onboarding systems.
Lawyaw is a browser-based program so it will generally work on any computer running a modern browser. Obviously, using the Microsoft Word add-in will require you to be able to run MS Word on your computer.
Lawyaw is a California Judicial Council partner. With that, they can provide a host of approved California court forms. Additionally, they maintain 5000+ USCIS immigration forms in their system and are adding more all the time.
Since Clio acquired them in late 2021, they have added form libraries for New York, Florida, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois. It would appear that this may have been an influencing factor in the acquisition and a priority for the near-term.
Sara K.
“Lawyaw is Awesome!”
October 12, 2020 6:34 PM
We've been using Lawyaw for several years. The Lawyaw team is very responsive to requests and willing to adapt their software for users. We enjoy using all of the features (esign, forms, templates, etc.) and the price makes it a great deal for any small or solo attorney. I highly recommend adding Lawyaw to your tech stack at your firm.
Noel F.
“Good forms but Clio integration is clunky”
November 3, 2020 6:57 PM
I used LawYaw for court forms for a while. The one thing I found very difficult was that the Clio integration took hours to sync, making it pretty much unusable. Otherwise, a pretty good solution for the court forms they do have.
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