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GLS Legal Proofreading™

Per page document proofreading

The Problem

You need a contract you know you can sign - but you don't have the time.

Related challenges include:

  • typos are a professional embarrassment
  • page blindness ultimately affects everyone – even you
  • the capacity of you and your team is permanently stretched
  • there is limited budget for external support and no time to instruct

Can you afford to produce less than perfect work? Time to put the kettle on.

The GLS Solution

A GLS Best Seller

This GLS best selling solution keeps the lawyers lawyering.

Lawyers did not go to university in order to learn how to proofread - their primary focus is and must be to apply the law in creative and productive ways - not to spend hours de-weeding documents of typographical and other avoidable errors.

GLS Legal Proofreading™ delivers a confidential, comprehensive and accessible proofreading solution that achieves documentation excellence and eliminates unnecessary costs from document production.

Through GLS Legal Proofreading™, we offer a 21-point contract review methodology, which emphasizes the accuracy and readability of your documents to enable a clear contractual understanding between the parties.

At a fraction of the cost of Big Law, GLS Legal Proofreading™ removes time and cost as barriers to meticulous and unambiguous documents.

Problem solved.

Solution Deliverables

21 Points

Our review focuses on the following 21 document quality reference points:

  • Spelling errors
  • "Waffle" identification
  • Cross index referencing
  • Correct use of defined terminology
  • Punctuation errors
  • Common mistakes (there - v - their, etc)
  • Grammatical errors
  • Active -v- passive sentences
  • Typographical errors
  • Sentence and paragraph structure
  • Font size and type
  • Activation of hyperlinks/web addresses
  • Page numbering
  • Schedule and main body integration
  • Numbering accuracy
  • Justification and paragraph alignment
  • Version control numbering
  • Hanging / orphan text
  • Cross referencing accuracy
  • Slang usage
  • Table-naming protocols

Definitive Output

You receive a clear mark-up of suggested changes that feature:

Manuscript:a neat manuscript containing our suggested changes
Accuracy:all manuscripts are double checked for legibility
Continuity:we seek to avoid editor/project handover to deliver reviewer continuity
Efficiency:edit processing blocks that allow you to action proposed edits

Our People

Your documents are edited by our highly competent reviewers:

Expert:our reviewers are lawyers, ex-lawyers, editors, proofreaders and/or graduates
Supervised:all work is done under the direction of a lawyer
Experienced:all reviewers have at least 3 years’ proofreading experience
Native:all our reviewers are native speakers in the required review language
Efficient:our reviewers consistently average 3 to 4 pages of review per hour

Solution SLA Options and US$ Pricing

Column oneColumn twoColumn threeColumn fourColumn five
SLAShort
(Pages <10)
Medium
( 10< Pages <30)
Long
(30< Pages <50)
Basic4 days$7.99$7.99$7.99
Standard3 days$11.99$11.99$11.99
Advanced2 days$14.99$14.99$14.99
Complete1 day$26.99$26.99$26.99

Pricing Comparison

Big Law sells time; GLS provides Solutions. However, if you needed to understand what the cost of our fixed-price Solutions gets you at Big Law, the table below compares GLS Legal Proofreading™ Bronze (Short) against Big Law’s hourly rate.

Big Law ReviewUS RateGLS CostMinutes
Partner$850$7.990h 0m 56s
Senior Associate$640$7.990h 1m 15s
Blended $520$7.990h 1m 32s
Associate$480$7.990h 1m 40s
Junior Associate$400$7.990h 1m 19s

GLS RPLV Legal Operations Score

This solution’s GLS RPLV impact score:

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Resource Status: Specialist Repeater Formative
Ease of Implementation: Complex Average Easy
Value Demonstration/Visibility: Low Medium High
Productivity Leverage Profile: Low Medium High
IHL Line Optimisation: Single Multiple All Lines

IHL Critical Function Optimisation Targets

This solution enhances performance across the following critical in-house functions:

In-House Legal: Critical Functions / Processes

Contracting

Human Capital

Legal Operations

GLS has identified 15 critical in-house processes/functions that are present in every world-class legal department. To learn what these functions are, their composition and how they interrelate to deliver efficient legal team performance outcomes - visit here.

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