Lexis practical guidance – Enabling workflow-centric legal research

Lexis practical guidance is an online legal research and workflow platform designed to support lawyers throughout the lifecycle of a legal matter. It offers curated, domain-specific content such as legislation, case law, practice notes, checklists, tools, forms, and precedents – all organized for quick access within a workflow-centric interface.
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Challenges

  • Need to deliver an intuitive, modern user interface for legal practitioners
  • Integration of extensive legal content in a structured, user-friendly manner
  • Maintaining legacy features while enhancing the overall user experience
  • Seamless integration with LexisNexis’ broader research ecosystem

Our solution

Cloudseed partnered with LexisNexis to develop and enhance Practical Guidance by:

Modern UI development: Built modern, responsive Angular UI components, ensuring an intuitive and efficient user experience for lawyers accessing complex legal workflows.

Module Implementation:
Developed critical modules including:

  • Dashboard: Personalized landing page displaying user activities and quick links
  • User profile: Manage user preferences and account details
  • Content view: Structured display of legislation, practice notes, checklists, and tools within user workflows

Legacy maintenance: Ensured continuous operation of existing features while incrementally enhancing the system’s performance, design, and scalability.

Integration: Enabled seamless integration with LexisNexis’ broader legal research ecosystem, providing users with quick transitions to deeper legal research when required.

Impact

Increased productivity: Lawyers can access all required legal materials, checklists, and tools within their matter workflow, significantly reducing research turnaround time.
Enhanced user experience: Modern, intuitive UI increased adoption rates and user satisfaction.
Seamless ecosystem access: Easy integration with other LexisNexis research products enabled deeper, faster legal insights.
Practical application: Enabled lawyers to move from research to actionable tasks efficiently, enhancing client service delivery.

Outcome

Through the development and enhancement of Lexis Practical guidance, Cloudseed empowered LexisNexis to deliver a workflow-centric legal research platform that improves efficiency, accuracy, and client service delivery for legal practitioners across South Africa.