6 Tips to Building Better Legal Documents in MS Word
Creating accurate, professional legal documents is essential for every attorney. But did you know Microsoft Word offers a variety of built-in tools that can transform your workflow? Our guide, “6 Tips to Building Better Legal Documents in MS Word”, will help you leverage Word’s features to save time and reduce errors in every document you draft.
What You’ll Learn:
- Time-Saving Text Editing Shortcuts
- Clean and Consistent Styling with Word Styles
- Effective List Numbering
- Efficient Document Collaboration with Track Changes
- Sensitive Metadata Removal
- Password Protection for Confidentiality
Download this guide and empower yourself with tools to draft better, faster, and more secure legal documents in Microsoft Word.
FAQs
Simply click the download button under each template name, open the .docx file in Microsoft Word, and save a copy to your firm’s document library. You can then customize fields like client name, date, and fee terms right in Word—no extra software required.
Absolutely. All templates are fully editable—add or remove sections, adjust layout, and insert your firm’s branding. For faster customization, import the template into Clio Draft to auto-populate client data and reuse clauses across matters.
This collection includes an engagement letter, letter of representation, declination letter, end of engagement letter, confidentiality agreement, power of attorney, non-disclosure agreement, retainer agreement, settlement agreement. Each template covers the most common law‑firm needs, ready for you to tailor.
Clio Draft lets you link your Word templates to client records so fields auto‑populate. This reduces manual entry, ensures consistency, and speeds approvals.
Yes—all templates are complimentary and royalty‑free. They’re provided as starting points; you remain responsible for reviewing and adapting them to your jurisdiction and matter specifics.
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Complete sets of documents all at once without retyping client information over and over. We can also help convert your existing Word docs into templates in our platform.
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