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Lexwiser a new European legal information services provider? has launched officially today and they say they have created a? “Workspace Designed For Lawyers With An International Perspective”
Developed in direct consultation with practicing lawyers from around the world, Lexwiser marks the birth of a independent legal market by enabling direct and instant lawyer-to-lawyer collaboration.
The press release goes on to say:
The service, created with an international perspective, is the culmination of more than fifteen years experience in the provision of marketing services to legal industry clients across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australasia.
Based in France and supported by a team of English, French and German speaking professionals, Lexwiser has been developed to enable in-house counsel to easily contact and collaborate with other lawyers with expertise in their industry. Problem solving, finding experts in the right field, sharing information, and finding answers to specific questions are all current benefits of the service. Private practice lawyers can also use Lexwiser to present themselves to in-house counsel seeking expertise in their area of law, as well as use it as an informational tool in order to develop their own sector knowledge.
Membership is organised by area of law and by industry into one hundred and forty distinct communities (140). In-house counsel are given access to all communities within their industry while private practice lawyers may choose up to four communities in which to participate. This ensures that only lawyers who share the same area of interest or specialism may work and share information together.
INDUSTRY SECTOR
1. Banking and Finance
2. Construction and Real Estate
3. Consumer
4. Health
5. Industry
6. Media and Entertainment
7. Natural Resources
8. Retail
9. Services
10. Technology
11. Telecommunications
12. Transportation
13. Utilities
14. Other Services
AREAS OF LAW (in each sector)
a. Public and Administration
b. Competition
c. Corporate
d. Environment
e. Family
f. Human Rights
g. Intellectual Property
h. Labor
i. Litigation and ADR
j. Tax
Each community comes complete with practical workflow tools, a live database of industry expertise and a selection of bolt-on applications, including specialist case-management tools, planned for roll-out throughout 2010.
Membership is continually monitored to ensure that only qualified lawyers use the service, which helps to secure the integrity of the information held upon Lexwiser while also freeing the workspace from non-lawyers, companies and other third-parties wishing to advertise their services. Post-graduate law students are the only exception however, being regarded by Lexwiser as future lawyers and therefore legitimate members.
Access to Lexwiser is free to all in-house counsel and post-graduate students. Private practice lawyers can choose from one of two annual prepay packages, to be redeemed against the number of applications they use throughout the year.
Eric Eck, Director of Lexwiser, explains the pricing policy ?Our pricing model enables us to offer a number of unique benefits to users. Firstly it allows us to remain entirely independent; there are no giant law firms or legal publishing houses pushing their own agendas behind Lexwiser, and there never will be.
?Secondly, we are able to offer a workspace totally free of advertising, sponsorships and SPAM, meaning that everything you see, read and do on Lexwiser is totally dedicated to legal industry collaboration and workflow, and not designed to sell you things that you don?t need.
?To put the prices into perspective, it is far more cost effective than other, more classical, marketing methods such as taking in-house counsel to lunch or leisure events, or advertising in trade journals. A one year package, quite simply, provides access to whole communities of industry counsel, with requirements in the member?s area of expertise, and we view that as pretty good value for money.?
The soft launch of Lexwiser took place in December 2009, with members of the UK?s Commerce and Industry Group being among the first in-house lawyers to join.
To sign-in or request an invitation to join Lexwiser please visit http://www.lexwiser.com or for more information go to http://corporate.lexwiser.com
