Is Lexis or Westlaw better?
Which one? Thanks
Because Lexis and Westlaw compete head on, they provide similar services. The formats are somewhat different, and there are differences in the specialty publications offered. Some users prefer one to the other, but that may be largely a matter of which program they have learned to use. A survey done in 2008 by the law library at Stanford University showed that most large law firms subscribe to both 154.
services, allowing research staff to choose the one they prefer. Asked which system they would pick if allowed only one service, 245 respondents said Westlaw, and 89 picked Lexis. By similar margins, however, respondents said that legal researchers could switch between the systems and use KeyCite or Shepard's to accomplish the same tasks. So while Westlaw appears to have pulled ahead of Lexis as the dominant seller of premier online services, both do the task well.
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