Use Westlaw Brief Builder
Follow this guided, multi-step process to draft a litigation brief with Westlaw Brief Builder, from document intake through your 1st draft.
Westlaw Brief Builder walks you through a multi-step process. It begins with intake and document analysis, then moves through argument identification and authority research. From there, it drafts the brief as a DOCX document for you to download, review, validate, and edit in Word.
Westlaw Brief Builder pulls Westlaw research, Practical Law templates and guidance, and local court rules into your drafting workflow. What you get is a thorough draft. It reflects the strategic choices you made along the way.
- Select a motion type.
- Motion to Dismiss
- Motion to Compel
- Motion to Exclude Evidence
- Motion for Protective Order
- Motion to Transfer Venue
- Upload related documents such as the complaint, exhibits, discovery materials, or other motions.
- Add any additional context, facts, or information that your uploaded documents don't include.
- Confirm or edit the party you represent.
- Confirm or edit the venue where you'll file the motion.Westlaw Brief Builder generates a summary based on your uploaded documents and advocacy input.
- Review and edit the intake summary using the chat.Westlaw Brief Builder proposes arguments based on its initial research.
- Review and select arguments.
- You can add an argument that the tool didn't identify.
- Edit proposed arguments using the chat.
- Select or remove arguments to develop further.
Westlaw Brief Builder researches your selected arguments using Westlaw content and grounds them in Westlaw authority and your uploaded documents, turning them into fully formed legal reasoning. - Develop your selected arguments.
- You can add a fact or an authority, such as a case, statute, or regulation, and Westlaw Brief Builder redevelops the argument based on the new information.
- You can also edit developed arguments using the chat and select or remove arguments, facts, or authorities to include in your draft.
- Generate and download your draft.noteWestlaw Brief Builder creates your draft in DOCX format, which you can download.
You get a 1st draft that reflects the arguments, authorities, and strategy you selected throughout the process.
Westlaw Brief Builder is designed to assist your judgment, not replace it. You're still responsible for reviewing the draft and confirming that citations and assertions are accurate. Before it goes to a partner or the court, make sure it meets your standards.
