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The Lawyer and ClearPeople Announce Strategic Partnership for Legal Knowledge Access. This New Collaboration enables frictionless access to premium legal intelligence within Atlas
LONDON, UK – May 06, 2025 – The Lawyer, a leading source of legal news, data, and strategic insight today announced its strategic collaboration partnership with ClearPeople, the team behind Atlas, the Intelligent Knowledge Platform. This collaboration allows The Lawyer subscribers to access the high value premium content directly within the Atlas platform – and therefore within Microsoft 365 – precisely when and where it’s needed.
Atlas is ClearPeople’s award-winning intelligent knowledge platform built on Microsoft 365, is designed for knowledge-intensive industries such as legal and professional services. Atlas sets the standard for instant knowledge, streamlines document access, and enables seamless collaboration across internal and external teams. With this new integration, legal professionals using Atlas will gain in-platform, in-context access to The Lawyer’s trusted editorial, data-driven analysis, and research content.
A seamless integration for enhanced industry insight
The collaboration between The Lawyer and ClearPeople marks a significant milestone in delivering high-quality legal information in the flow of work. By integrating The Lawyer’s robust data into Atlas, subscribers will benefit from:
- Seamless Access: Direct access to The Lawyer’s trusted insights without leaving the Atlas environment within Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.
- Enhanced Productivity: Vastly accelerated legal work/researching a centralized platform that supports both internal and external collaboration.
- Contextual Practice Area Experience: Practice-specific insights via tailored data and analysis for legal practice areas.
The Lawyer, is the premier business intelligence provider for the legal industry. It delivers essential resources to law firm leaders, commercial lawyers, barristers, and in-house counsel through news, commentary, data, and strategic insight.
“We want to go where our readers are. Over the last few years we’ve been making The Lawyer content available in multiple formats and across a variety of platforms: web, video, social media, and podcasts.” said Catrin Griffiths, Editor at The Lawyer. “Now we’re teaming up with ClearPeople/Atlas to make our content even more accessible for subscribers – within Microsoft 365 itself. It’s an enormously exciting development.”
“We’re excited to partner with ClearPeople to bring our market-leading content into the hands of professionals when it matters most,” said Sarah Sanderson, Managing Director at The Lawyer. “This collaboration supports our mission to inform and guide the legal industry with the tools and insight they need to stay ahead.”
“This partnership reflects our shared vision to empower legal professionals with the knowledge they need to make faster, smarter decisions,” said Katya Linossi, Co-Founder and CEO of ClearPeople. “By embedding The Lawyer’s insight-rich content directly within the Atlas experience, we’re reducing the friction of switching between platforms and putting valuable intelligence exactly where it belongs—at the point of need.”
This integration will be available to Atlas customers with an active firm-wide subscription to The Lawyer. Atlas customers are encouraged to contact their Account Manager or Customer Success Agent to sign-up for the early release program.
