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The key to success in your China law research

After unprecedented success in the US, Thomson Reuters Legal has rolled out its Key Number System in the Chinese market. It allows lawyers to conduct their research quickly and efficiently, and eliminates the problem of missing vital knowledge

Issue: February 2010

Keywords (click to search): Key Number System legal research

Legal research in China is crying out for a change. The legal system is becoming increasingly more developed, with the number of lawyers and law firms growing fast. But, as the industry gets more professional, lawyers are finding their research tools coming under greater pressure. In most cases, the tools are simply not up to the task. According to Che Hu, editorial director at Thomson Reuters Legal, China, many PRC lawyers are still using internet search engines such as Google and Baidu to find laws and other related information.

“By and large that’s not really a very efficient way of doing legal research,” Che Hu says.

Although there are some products available, these are quite basic and do not provide the necessary value to their users. There is a clear need for tools to help lawyers’ legal research become more systematic, efficient and accurate. To that end, Thomson Reuters...

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