Law Technology

Update: WestlawNext Screenshots and Pricing Information

By Laura Bergus

Mike Dahn, Vice President of WestlawNext Product Development, was kind enough to answer some of our questions directly:

Do you know when WestlawNext will be available for use at law schools?
Mike Dahn: We have not finalized a law school rollout plan.  Law school students will not have access to WestlawNext at launch.  However, we will distribute trial passwords to many law school faculty members and staff in the upcoming months to allow them to gain comfort and confidence in the product prior to the rollout to students.

Very generally, can you explain how the pricing structure might change with the removal of the old database selecting system? As a law student, it has been drilled into my head that our searches must be few and very precise, yet the new interface is certainly built for a broader starting-point query. Just wondering what we’ll have to re-learn on the searching-to-spend-the-least-money front as well.
MD: We have simplified our pricing structure significantly and have tried to better align price with value.  In WestlawNext, there is a single, low cost price for a search, and all searches are considered ?in contract.?  Viewing a document generates a charge that is either ?in contract? or ?out of contract? depending on your subscription.

Will Chrome browser support be available in the (near) future?
MD: Yes.  We will fully support the latest version of Chrome starting Feb 18, 2010.

Here are some screenshots. Click on each image for the full-resolution version.

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Full post as published by Social Media Law Student on January 28, 2010 (boomark / email).