Practical Law

It's time to focus on the bigger picture.

Practical Law is the time-saving legal guidance solution empowering law firms and legal departments, like yours, across the country.

Get up to speed fast with the support of our in-house team of Australian legal writers who create and maintain practical how-to guides and resources — so that you have more time to focus on the bigger picture.

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Discover time-saving resources for today’s legal professionals

Streamline your daily tasks with toolkits, checklists, contracts and agreements. Plus, keep up with the ever-evolving legal industry with practice notes.

Why Practical Law?

Achieve efficiency

Achieve efficiency

Demonstrate immediate time and cost efficiencies. Practical Law's step-by-step guides, template documents and checklists provide up-to-date, practical expertise and know-how to help you respond to legal issues with ease and confidence – so you have more time to focus on providing value to your internal and external clients.

Rely on trusted content

Rely on maintained content

Feel confident knowing that your content is created and maintained by legal writers with specialist practice experience gained from Australia's leading firms and corporate legal departments. Our Advisory Board and extensive review processes ensure that resources always reflect current law and are of practical use to busy professionals.

Enhance your knowledge

Enhance your knowledge

Get up to speed on specialist or unfamiliar areas of law, fast. Practical Law's intuitive and user friendly interface makes it quick and easy to find practical guides and precedents, and regular legal updates keep you on track with all the latest developments in your field. Plus, view related legislation on Westlaw AU for free as part of your subscription.

What our customers say about us.

I highly recommend Practical Law by Thomson Reuters. The resources are at a high quality and written in clear language that is easy to understand on the go without compromising on complexity of the legal issues at hand.
Caroline Mense
Principal Lawyer
Legal Enablers
...certain published guidance doesn't adequately explain the practical application of key concepts... Practical Law [is] a very efficient tool in bridging that gap.
Adam Versaci
Corporate Lawyer
Jackson McDonald
We've had a relationship with Thomson Reuters for many years. In our view, they are market leaders in terms of what they produce and Practical Law is evidence of their market leadership.
Aaron Goonrey
Partner
Lander & Rogers

Meet your Practical Law legal writing team.

Our quality starts with our people. Meet our in-house team of legal writers with expertise gained from leading law firms and corporate legal departments. They are dedicated to providing you with reliable answers, fast.

Linda Taylor
Employment
Tim Perry
Corporate
Alex Chernishev
Banking and Finance
Christine Gray
Commercial Real Estate
Elizabeth Sarofim
Competition and Consumer
Shan-Ree Tan
Corporate
Laura Hawes
Dispute Resolution
Kate Merrifield
Corporate
Michelle Tat
Commercial Real Estate
Skye Balasingham
Banking and Finance
Joanne Dunn
Commercial
Lauren Singh
Corporate
Sheridan Pinheiro
Corporate
Sophie Bonnette
Employment
Louise Sinclair
Commercial

Ready to see how Practical Law can benefit your legal team?