ACL
Automated
Civil Litigation
Legal document
assembly
Cut your legal document generation time by 40% and eliminate errors with Automated Civil Litigation.
Streamline your litigation document creation process with automated document assembly software. ACL saves time and cost, reduces errors (and risk), and offers greater control over document content through the automation of court forms, letters, reports and agreements.
Simply choose a document to assemble from within ACL, fill in document-related questions, and with one mouse click the document is saved and sent.
Create a File
Import or enter your matter information into ACL.
Select Your Document
Choose from over 3,500 court forms and letters.
Enter Your Details
Enter your matter-specific details.
Generate a Word or PDF document
The final document as a PDF or is fully editable and assembled within Microsoft Word.
Why ACL
Over 500 firms and 10,000 users across Canada trust Korbitec software to create and exchange the latest court forms and letters
Dependable
Korbitec is a well-established company on whom you can depend for the long term. We deliver the right court forms at the right time, produced through leading document automation technology and workflow, drawn from years of experience in the litigation sector.
Accurate
The preparation of documents is one of the activities most likely to generate a legal malpractice claim. And most common errors begin with copying and pasting. ACL eliminates errors by merging case-specific details with firm-approved content stored in a central repository.
Fast and Easy
Clients and judges are becoming more sophisticated. They expect lawyers to take advantage of technologies that can save time and maximize efficiency. ACL increases your staff’s productivity by up to 40%, streamlining document production, and easing the burden of repetitive tasks.
Document Assembly
With ACL, users simply choose a document type from the menu, and fill in document-specific questions. With a single mouse click ACL assembles a Microsoft Word document (or PDF, if applicable) that can be proofread, edited and saved.
✔ Increased efficiency
Users can quickly and easily generate documents by pulling in pre-written text and other content, which can save a significant amount of time compared to manually typing or formatting documents.
✔ Improved accuracy
By using pre-written text and templates, ACL can help to reduce the number of errors and inconsistencies in documents.
✔ Increased consistency
ACL allows users to create documents that are consistent in terms of formatting, language, and content, which can help to improve the professional appearance of documents.
✔ Cost savings
By automating document creation, ACL can help organizations to reduce costs associated with manual document creation, such as printing and mailing.
✔ Better compliance
ACL’s forms are continuously updated and maintained so civil litigators, law clerks, and civil litigation assistants can always rely on them to be the latest court-prescribed documents.
Forms Library
ACL contains over 3,500 court forms and letters, covering a comprehensive range of file types. ACL customers are kept up-to-date with changes in the Rules of Civil Procedure through updated forms sent at the time the rule or change is in effect.
✔ Eliminate Errors
Pre-vetted, standardized text reduces risk by eliminating errors that can lead to administrative dismissal or malpractice claims. Continuously updated library of forms.
✔ Letter Templates
Your firm-specific letterhead and templates can be imported into ACL to be populated easily.
✔ Up-To-Date Court Forms
ACL5 keeps law firms and staff fully current on the latest Ontario, BC, and Alberta Civil and Small Claims Court Forms as well as federally prescribed forms for Tax, Bankruptcy, Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.
✔ Family Law Forms
With ACL Family Law, you can create the full range of family law documents quickly and accurately through a simple series of data entry dialogs that capture and store all your relevant case details, and eliminate re-keying.
Data Capture
ACL captures case-specific data through intuitive on-screen dialogs. All client, opposing party and court information is entered or imported once and stored in ACL, eliminating repetitive data entry and the potential for errors.
✔ Eliminate Repetitive Data Entry
Pre-vetted, standardized text reduces risk by eliminating errors that can lead to administrative dismissal or malpractice claims.
✔ Save Time
ACL can be customized to integrate with various accounting packages including Aderant and Elite/3E, and several practice management systems to import client contact information and restrict file access.
✔ Improved Productivity
Find the most important file information to populate templates, and documents quickly and accurately.
Customizable
ACL documents are Word templates that can be customized to suit wording or style preferences. Users can add an unlimited number of precedent clauses, and select any of these to be included in assembled documents.
✔ Eliminate Errors
Pre-vetted, standardized text reduces risk by eliminating errors that can lead to administrative dismissal or malpractice claims. Continuously updated library of forms.
✔ Current Court Forms
ACL5 keeps law firms and staff fully current on the latest Ontario, BC, and Alberta Civil and Small Claims Court Forms as well as federally prescribed forms for Tax, Bankruptcy, Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.
✔ Letter Templates
Your firm-specific letterhead and templates can be imported into ACL to be populated easily.
✔ Flexible
All ACL court forms and letters are user-modifiable Word documents.
Task Manager
ACL Task Manager keeps deadlines front and center, and everyone on track to meet them, encouraging accountability and reducing risk. A centralized matter-based view of tasks and critical deadlines enables individuals and groups to clearly see their due and overdue tasks.
Targeted Task Assignment
ACL Task Manager reduces your risk of administrative dismissal with task and workflow assignment to individuals or groups, to ensure critical dates and responsibilities are always understood.
Timely Reminders
As key dates loom you may need help to keep you on track. ACL Task Manager’s email reminders provide timely email notifications as deadlines approach, providing ample lead time to complete critical tasks.
Deadline Generator
With ACL Task Manager, you can automatically generate deadlines based on the start date of a file or completion of an activity, and generate interim deadlines based on relationships between tasks.
Customized Reports
Korbitec creates customized task reports, based on your firm’s need. Examples such as “tasks due or overdue today”, or “limitation dates for this month”, can be automatically sent to the responsible parties.
Implementation
Law firms are astounded at the ease and simplicity of installing and using ACL. Our clients’ comments confirm that our model works! Our objective is simple – to get your firm happily using ACL and experiencing the firm-wide benefits as quickly as possible.
Number of law firms across Canada that trust Korbitec software to create and exchange the latest court forms and letters
500+
Simple 3-Step Implementation Process
Step 1: Pre-Flight
Our easy-to-follow checklist lets you provide the simple information we require to configure and even customize ACL to your firm’s requirements.
Step 2: Installation
ACL installation on your SQL server should take your IT managers (or outside consultants) under one hour. Our technical requirements are a breeze to follow.
Step 3: Training
Unlike many software programs, ACL does not require your entire staff to leave the premises. Our classroom setting is fully mobile: we train your staff in small groups, on-site. Lawyers don’t have to attend, but if they choose to, they’ll receive CPD (Continuing Professional Development) credit hours towards their LSUC annual requirements.
Implementation Fee
Did we neglect to mention that we have no fees for installation? Provided your firm has a number of files to enter into ACL on training day, your costs for ACL (excluding the usage-based license) are:
*Basic customization includes the addition to ACL of the firm’s letterhead, fax cover page, styles and any content within reason.
- Installation: FREE
- Basic* Customization: FREE
- Training: FREE
- Ongoing Support: FREE
- Software Upgrades and Document Updates: FREE
Integrations
The current version of ACL can be integrated with several document management systems to import client contact information and restrict file access.
*Automated Civil Litigation and ACL3 are trademarks of Korbitec Inc. All other brands and products mentioned here are acknowledged trademarks of their respective holders.
Microsoft® Word
Amicus Attorney
Elite / 3E
Aderant
Microsoft® Outlook (2000 and newer)
Time Matters® and Oracle® Database
Pricing
ACL is priced according to your firm’s usage, maintaining reasonable costs per matter – and, ACL costs, while low, can also be disbursable to the client file in most matters.
Pay per use or “per file”
ACL can be used by an unlimited number of users within the licensed firm. Other licensing arrangements are available to meet the unique needs of your practice.
Training, Support & Updates Included
The file license fee includes installation, initial customization, firm-specific set up and ALL initial and ongoing training and technical support. Document content is maintained and updated at no additional cost, and you may request additional training at any time for new or existing users. All product updates and related support are also included in the “all-in” file license fee.
Usage Reports
ACL logs all file licensing activity and produces detailed reports. The system can also produce a number of management reports that allow you to track usage and forms generated in ACL.
ACL is a managed solution – managed by Korbitec. There is a very minimal draw on your IT resources. Support is available immediately upon request.
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