Lawyaw is a document assembly tool designed to help you create smart templates for your law practice. It has a user-friendly web-based platform, and comes with an MS Word add-in that connects directly to your online account. It is somewhat unique in the marketplace as a low-code application that allows you to retain most of MS Word’s conditional formatting functionality.
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Who Lawyaw is For
Lawyaw is for attorneys who want to create smart documents in an intuitive and easy to use way. It is especially useful for those who want to automate their documents with client-facing questionnaires, and those who want to be able to take advantage of robust conditional formatting.
Although users can send forms to their clients to fill out, Lawyaw does handle guided interviews as elegantly as some other platforms. This may not be the solution for practices who are looking to lean into client facing document creation.
Lawyaw Features
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Website
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Services Offered
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Starting Price
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$59/user/month for California forms only; $99/user/month otherwise |
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Free Trial
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Apps
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Software Integrations
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Open API
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Version Control
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Encryption
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Built-In E-Signing
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Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
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Metadata Scrubbing
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Document Templates
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Court Forms
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Guided Interviews
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Conditional Logic
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Tables
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Calculations
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Additional Details about Lawyaw
Template Sets
Document templates can be organized and stored by the set. Which means that you can easily make sure that your office is using all of the correct documents each time you create a document for a client.
E-signatures
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.
Clio integration
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.
California court forms
Lawyaw is tightly integrated with the California state court filing system, giving attorneys access to over 5,000 court forms. Attorneys can fill out all Judicial Council, county, and federal immigration forms with Lawyaw. 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.
Good forms but Clio integration is clunky
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.
Lawyaw is Awesome!
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.