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Memorandum






                                           To:           LSBA Board of Governors



                                           From:             Tricia R. Pierre,

                                                                   Director of Member Outreach and Diversity

                                           Date:         September 11, 2023


                                            Re:          Proposed New Member Benefit
                                                         Benchly


                                           I  would like to recommend the LSBA Board of Governors consider
                                          offering the LSBA membership the benefits that can be provided with a

                                          business relationship with Benchly. Benchly created ezBriefs to assist
                                          attorneys and paralegals review complicated legal documents,
                                          specifically briefs, motions, and pleadings. ezBriefs utilizes Optical
                                          Character  Recognition  (OCR)  technologies  and technology stacks to
                                          review cited authority from opposing counsel’s filed briefs and motions.

                                          ezBriefs also features a complete case law database that is accessible for
                                          ezBriefs users at no charge.

                                          ezBriefs features include:
                                              •  Easy validation of citations before filing.
                                              •  Generated Table of Authorities using a Microsoft Word add-in.
                                              •  Automatic identification of cited authority in briefs, motions and
                                                  pleadings.
                                              •  Ability to perform case law research utilizing ezBriefs complete
                                                  case law database of  over 10 million case law documents
                                                  including all federal and state jurisdictions.
                                              •  Ability to seamlessly  download briefs  and  motions with
                                                  hyperlinks to cited authority.
                                              •  Ability to save all selected cases as individual PDF’s.


                                          Cost per year without discount:
                                          $35 /per user/per month or $300/per user/per year


                                          Cost per year with discount:
                                          $35 /per user/per month or $300/per user/per year
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