Offering Contract Content: LegalTech Dips Its Toes in the Water

Apart from looking at a few AI-and-contracts services, I long ago stopped paying much attention to legaltech services relating to contracts. Because I don’t do deals, I don’t need what’s on offer, so I’m not in a good position to evaluate it. And the space is so active that even if I wanted to kick some tires, I wouldn’t know where to start.

But I’ve just encountered, for the first time, companies that offer, or plan on offering, contract content as part of a process for creating contracts: Bonterms, Standard Draft, and Common Paper. Now that’s my kind of thing!

I’m not surprised that the first companies to get serious about offering contract content are startups. By definition, they’re not committed to the status quo.

About the author

Ken Adams is the leading authority on how to say clearly whatever you want to say in a contract. He’s author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, and he offers online and in-person training around the world. He’s also head of Adams Contracts, a division of LegalSifter that is developing highly customizable contract templates.