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1 Software Guide Substantive Law Software for Legal Professionals For the third year running, National is pleased to present its Software Guide, to help our readers become familiar with the technology marketplace and choose the products that best fit their needs and resources. We ve introduced some changes for our 2003 edition. For one thing, we ve streamlined our presentation, keeping the details of each product down to the fundamental, need-to-know facts: product name; manufacturer name, phone number and Website address; concise product description; and price. The aim is to give you the critical information you need in a clearer and easier format. In addition, because the legal software market has grown so much, we ve broken our Guide into two equal parts. The first part, featured this issue, covers substantive-law related software in the areas of real estate, family law, civil litigation, wills & estates and corporate law. Part 2, which will appear in our August/September edition, will bring you information on practice-operation software: document management, billing and accounting, case management and legal research programs, among others. As always, the appearance of a product or manufacturer in National s Software Guide does not constitute an endorsement of the product or manufacturer by National, the Canadian Bar Association, or any of its volunteers or employees. This Guide provides you with a valuable starting point in choosing the best software for your office, based on your own evaluation of what s right for you. CORPORATE LAW SUPPORT Bankruptcy Partner Canada Corporation Forms-on-Disk v. 1.1 CBCA Forms CORPLINK Codestorm (416) Corporate Management System 3 DioManager All bankruptcy-related statutes, regulations, policy statements, interpretation bulletins and forms; expert commentary and analysis. Price: $2, CBCA forms using HotDocs technology. Price: $ CBCA forms. Includes e-filing, over 350 PDF forms, accurate ledgers, registers, built-in reports, precedents, customizable templates. Corporate database producing federal and Ontario forms, minute books, minutes and resolutions; e-filing capacity. Price: $1,300 Maintains summary records, classified by query; securely prepares summary data for transfer to CD-ROM. DioMillennium DioSigma ecounsel Bridgeway Canada (416) EnAct Platinum Corporatek e-quorum Legal Integrations Fast Creates digital intelligence within corporate intranet and Internet sites to optimize information assets. Automatically generates relevant summary of your corporate intranet and Internet sites based on a user-specified subject. Tracks IP, litigation and contracts while integrating with document management, accounts payable, calendar and systems. Integrated corporate compliance, records and document management system; includes precedents generator with document builder. Powerful corporate records-keeping database and document assembly solution. Price: From $1,500 Comprehensive corporate records and document production program for incorporating, maintaining and reorganizing companies. Price: From $1, NATIONAL

2 Form L Ware CorpForms Jurivox MIO Informatics LawOffice 2000 Corporate Manager v. 6.0 Highlander OBCA Forms Ontario Corporation Forms-on-Disk v S O F T W A R E G U I D E Prepare and print Ontario Articles of Incorporation, Form 1 and Share Certificates. Optional modules for additional forms. Price: From $300 Intelligent software solutions for clients in the legal, IP, accounting and knowledge management areas. Web-enabled corporate records management application designed specifically for law firm corporate departments. 19 OBCA forms, Form 1 & Schedule A (CIA) & Form 2 (OCA corporation without share capital). Ontario only. 8 OBCA article forms, 2 OCA forms, 2 CIA Forms and 5 Minute Book Registers and Share Certificate templates. Price: $429 Family Law Partner FamilySource ACL Automated Civil Litigation Xenex Software Inc Almost Paper v. 2.1 Almost Paper (204) Includes federal legislation and provincial statutes and regulations from AB, BC, MB, ON and SK. Creates litigation court form documents for many courts and tribunals entirely in Word. Price: From $130 LITIGATION SUPPORT Automated assembly of 300 Ontario litigation court forms and letters. Price: $795 per first lawyer user, $275 for others Create binders, search full text, add notes and highlights, flag key pages, and more. Price: $450 Securities Partner Plus SecuritiesSource VIEWnet Cakesoft Includes securities legislation, regulations and forms of all jurisdictions; SC policy statements for AB, BC, ON and QC. Corporate records data management and text processing system creates, stores and retrieves reporting of corporate information. FAMILY LAW SUPPORT ChildView ChildView Inc DIVORCEmate Forms+ and Tools+ DIVORCEmate , ext Family Law v. 2.2 Analyzes spousal and determines child support across Canada under the Child Support Guidelines. DIVORCEmate creates, distributes and supports software for serious family law practitioners. Wide selection of products available. Price: From $699 Contains 51 forms under Family Law Rules. Automatic calculations on financial statement form. Price: $709 JANVIER / FÉVRIER

3 B.C. Civil Practice Library CD-ROM Canadian Guide to Troubled Businesses and Bankruptcies CaseMap CaseWorks Civil Litigation v. 5.3 Civil Practice Partner Text of BC Court Forms and BC Practice looseleaf publications, BCSC and BCCA rules, commentary, selected related statutes, practice directions, and annotated court forms. Price: $2,080 per user Looseleaf volume and CD-ROM includes practice aids, worksheets, guides, forms and CCRA policy documents. Price: $195 Organize and explore case facts, knowledge, cast of characters and issues. Price: US$495 Document management software for litigators that uses synopsis approach to document abstracts. Price: $1, forms using HotDocs technology. Price: $379 Includes Ontario Civil Practice, cases from s Practice Cases, Ontario Civil Practice and more. Price: $1,380 per user Employment Standards Act 2000 Policy and Interpretation Manual InsolvencySource Jurivox MIO Informatics LawSource Litigation ToolKit REDI Analysis (613) Access more than 600 court and referee decisions, complete set of statutory notices, permits and approvals. Price: $550 Creates litigation court form documents for many courts and tribunals entirely in Word. Price: From $139 Intelligent software solutions to clients from law, IP, accounting and knowledge management. Provides tools to enhance document management and analysis and transcript digesting. Price: $2,000 Criminal Law Partner Includes Criminal Code and related statutes, regulations and forms in English and French. Logik My Edition Coredge Software (613) Sifts through electronic documents for relevant content and relationships among documents. CriminalSource NoteMap Create, edit and use outlines more easily than with word processing programs. Price: US$99 per user DioManager DioMillennium DioSigma Housekeeping Damages Calculator Brown Economic Assessments ext Maintains record of each summary, classified by query, and securely transfers summary data to CD-ROM. Allows quick access to intelligent information within corporate intranet and Internet sites. Automatically generates relevant summary of intranet and Internet sites based on user-specified subject. Calculates past and present value of future housekeeping losses for injured or deceased plaintiffs. Price: From $150 ORCP Forms Ontario Small Claims Action Manager PrimaFact Sandcat Software (416) RealLegal Binder 5.5 RealLegal LLC ORCP civil litigation forms (excluding Rule 69, 70, 74 and 75 Forms). Ontario only. Includes all Ontario Small Claims Court Forms, calculations on-the-fly, forms editing and creation capability. Scanned or imported documents are OCR d, allowing annotation and profiling with powerful searching. Binder hyperlinks from transcripts to exhibits, works in real time, and imports various formats. Price: US$ NATIONAL

4 RealLegal E-Brief RealLegal LLC Small Claims Court v. 1.2 Small Claims Court Forms TimeMap Williston and Rolls Court Forms on CD- ROM Wrongful Dismissal Database REAL ESTATE SUPPORT Canadian Forms & Precedents on CD- ROM (Land Development) Form L Ware & RE-adjust Ltd. LawyerMortgage Your entire brief in the palm of your hand! E-files of briefs, transcripts, audio/video, caselaw and exhibits.. 24 Small Claims Court forms, using HotDocs Technology. Price: $ Small Claims Court Forms. Ontario only. Create and save chronology visuals as JPGs or Metafiles for incorporation into other applications. Price: US$199 Includes more than 2,000 Ontario forms and precedents, table of forms and limitations periods index. Price: $880 Determine reasonable notice when terminating employees without cause by searching more than 1,600 cases. Price: $250 For Ontario private and public sector professionals involved in land use planning. Includes commentary, checklists, sample letters, forms and selected legislation. Price: $175 Prepare and print Polaris registration documents, Statement of Adjustments and Direction re Funds. Includes LOFTI title insurance module. Price: From $620 Enables lawyers with mortgage-only deals with TitlePLUS-confirmed lenders to apply for customized TitlePLUS policies. New Home lawyerdonedeal (416) Polaris Plus v. 1.2 REALTI Series TERAVIEW 5.0 Teranet ext. 3 The Conveyancer The Conveyancer Projects Module Ltd. TitlePLUS Lawyers' Professional Indemnity UCDC Legal Forms Real Estate Transactions Canadian Forms & Precedents on CD- ROM (Wills and Estates) Apply for customized TitlePLUS policies for new freeholds and condos in confirmed TitlePLUS developments. 5 Polaris forms, Land Transfer Tax Affidavit and 18 common schedules. Price: $599 Full line of real estate transaction and conveyancing software products, including banks, cp, lyte, online, PLUS, rp and sk. See Website for more information. Retrieve property info and conduct land transactions. Includes e-reg capability, WritSearch service, and TitlePLUS residential conveyancing system. Price: $595 Document production and practice management program. Includes LOFTI title insurance module and linkage with the Teraview system. Price: $1,950 or $300+ per transaction For condos and subdivisions, enables mass opening and updating of records, centralized and specialized adjustments, mass document production and more. Price: $1,500 Canadian title insurance product covers title-related aspects and legal services provided by lawyers in real estate transaction. Price: No charge. 8 Forms. 5 LRRA Polaris Forms, 2 Land Transfer Tax Forms & Statement of Adjustments. Ontario only. WILLS, ESTATES & TRUSTS SUPPORT Includes commentary, precedents and legislation relating to the preparation of wills, plus selected estates precedents. Price: $ NATIONAL

5 Name G U I D E Note Estate-a-base Generates passing of accounts and other management reports. Price: Varying pay-per-use charges Estate Administration ORCP Forms 77 ORCP Forms. Ontario only. Estate Forms Estates Partner (Ontario) Computer storage and retrieval of Ontario estates forms in either Word or WP. Price: $100, $85 if subscriber to Armstrong text CD-ROM covers estate planning, litigation and administration. Price: $1,300 Histrop Estate Planning Precedents CD-ROM Ontario precedents can be edited or customized for any practice need. Price: $105, $85 if subscriber to Histrop text Creates litigation form documents for numerous courts in Word. LawOffice 2000 Wills & Estates Manager Highlander Automation of document assembly and file management; customize wills and create codicils. Power of Attorney v. 4.0 Contains Continuing Power of Attorney for Property and Continuing Power of Attorney for Personal Care. Price: $109 WillPower Inc. Prepares client and spousal wills with database used for continuing client contact. JANVIER / FÉVRIER