The BA Insight Practical Law Connector for Search integrates Thomson Reuters Practical Law legal know-how with leading enterprise search platforms such as SharePoint, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, and others. It enables seamless, unified search by combining Practical Law’s expertly curated legal content with your internal content sources directly within the BA Insight SmartHub interface. This eliminates the need to navigate separately to Practical Law and ensures users have up-to-date legal guidance alongside internal organizational information.
Leveraging the BA Insight connector framework, the Practical Law Connector for Search performs both full and incremental crawls to efficiently index only new or changed content, minimizing impact on Practical Law’s systems. It respects Practical Law’s security protocols, ensuring users can access only content for which they have permission. This powerful integration supports legal professionals by surfacing relevant, authoritative legal know-how quickly and in context with internal resources to improve research quality and speed.
Problems Practical Law Connector for Search Solves
Navigating multiple legal research platforms separately, reducing efficiency.
Difficulty combining internal and external legal information in a single search experience.
Keeping legal know-how content current and synchronized with Practical Law updates.
Security concerns about exposing legal content without proper access control.
Benefits Practical Law Connector for Search Delivers
Seamless Integration with Leading Enterprise Search Platforms
Integrates Practical Law content with popular enterprise search platforms including SharePoint, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, Amazon Kendra, Microsoft Search, and Solr.
Strict Adherence to Practical Law Security Protocols
Respects Practical Law’s security model, ensuring users only see authorized content.
Full and Incremental Crawl Support for Fresh Indexing
Supports full and incremental crawls for efficient, up-to-date indexing.
Unified Filtering and Preview Across 95+ Content Sources
Enables filtering and preview of Practical Law results alongside 95+ other internal and external content sources.
Boosted Productivity Through a Single Knowledge Hub
Enhances user productivity by providing a single window to legal and organizational knowledge.
Key Features of the Practical Law Connector for Search
Key Features of the Practical Law Connector for Search
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Unified Search Integration
Unified Search Integration
Blends Practical Law legal know-how with internal enterprise content accessible through BA Insight’s SmartHub.
This connector empowers legal entities to propel research into action by making trusted, expert legal guidance available instantaneously alongside internal content, improving responsiveness and efficiency in legal workflows.
FAQ
FAQ
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Yes, it enforces Practical Law’s security permissions, so users only see content they are authorized to access.
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It supports both full and incremental crawls that keep the search index synchronized with the latest Practical Law updates.
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The connector supports Amazon Kendra, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, Microsoft Search, SharePoint Online, SharePoint On-Premise, and Solr.
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No, the connector requires only read-only access and does not need any software installed on Practical Law.
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It allows filtering and previewing of Practical Law results and leverages BA Insight’s metadata tools through integration with other connected sources to improve findability.