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Legal Authoring:
For Legal Authors & Legal Bloggers

At OutSec Legal, we are aware of the pressures faced by legal professionals. Our legal authoring services are designed with those needs in mind.

 

At OutSec Legal we have experienced legal transcriptionists who transcribe handwritten and digital dictation files from authors, writers and bloggers. 

What is Legal Authoring?

Legal authoring is a form of technical writing that professionals in the legal field use. The basis for any kind of legal authoring is, of course, legal authority. Therefore, judges and solicitors construct opinions based on statutes and regulations to back up and support their ideas.

 

A legal writer always includes appropriately formatted citations which only those who have worked in the legal sector would know how to type.

 

Legal writing is technical in the sense that it often uses terms that people, who are not in the legal profession, are unlikely to comprehend, which is why experienced legal transcriptionists are needed for these kinds of document production.  The same can be said about citations.

Who processes our legal authoring work?

OutSec's legal authoring team is made up of legal secretaries and legal typists all of whom have worked in the legal sector for at least 10 years or more or had legal publishing experience.  All our legal authoring transcriptionists have been handpicked for their knowledge and expertise and are Microsoft Word experts and have advanced word processing skills including indexing and tables, footnotes and automatic numbering to name a few.
 
Many of our legal authoring team have CILEX 
qualifications or legal secretarial qualifications.  
 
All our legal authoring transcriptionists understand legal terminology including commonly used Latin terms.  This makes our legal authoring team one of the best in the industry.  All of our legal authoring transcriptionists have signed strict confidentiality agreements.

What Areas of Law Do Your Legal Authoring Transcriptionists Specialise in?

Legal Textbooks, Books and Journals

We can convert your handwritten manuscript into your legal book or textbook.  Alternatively, you can dictate the text for your book and we can type up your book, textbook or journal from any audio file sent to us using our single voice legal transcription service.

At OutSec Legal we have experience in typing legal textbooks and will ensure that your manuscript is fit to send to an editor, agent or professional formatter.

E-Book: Electronic Publications (EPUB)

We can also produce electronic publications in .epub format, for those who wish to publish a book electronically themselves.

Blog Posts

We can convert your handwritten blog posts into a Microsoft Word Format which you can copy over to your blog.

Alternatively, you can dictate the file, and we can type up your blog posts from any audio file sent to us using our single voice legal transcription service.
 

Blog Management

At OutSec Legal we can also monitor your blog using your content management system such as WordPress or Wix. etc.

Our Legal authoring team has extensive experience in the following areas of law (but not limited to):​

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  • Personal Injury & Civil Litigation

  • Criminal Litigation

  • Torts

  • Design and Patents

  • Copyrights

  • Torts

  • Criminal Law

  • Matrimonial & Family Law

  • Wills and Probate

  • Conveyancing & Property Law

  • Debt

  • Insolvency

  • Bankruptcy

  • Public Law

  • Asylum & Immigration

  • Social Housing

  • Company Law​

  • Employment Law

Pricing

Different pricing applies depending on the service (or services) being used for legal authoring.

For audio files see: single voice legal transcription service
For manuscript files: see: legal copy typing
For management of blogs please contact us for pricing via email: here or by telephone

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A Trusted UK Legal Document Production Company

Secure Legal Document Production, Formatting & Editing Service

OutSec Legal are: GDPR compliant; Cyber Essentials Certified. We are independently audited annually for Cyber Essentials. At OutSec Legal we employ bank-level security so your data stays confidential, safe & secure..  

Quality Legal Document Production 

Our legal authoring team have a minimum of 10 years of experience working in the legal sector together. This enables us to provide the best quality legal transcriptions and document services.

Guaranteed Turnaround Times

Fast turnaround times to ensure your work is returned to your practice on time.  We also offer  an urgent transcription service for those who are under time pressures.

Frequently Asked Questions

At OutSec Legal, we are always happy to answer any questions you may have.

That is why we have put together a searchable set of frequently asked questions just for you:

  • Would using speech-to-text software not be quicker?
    Unfortunately, speech-to-text software still struggles with accuracy. There are also concerns regarding the security of recordings and the processing of these. You may recall the article in the Guardian about Apple where we learned that: "Apple contractors regularly hear confidential medical information". And it wasn't just Apple: Google "admitted that contractors can access recordings made by Assistant, after some of its recordings were leaked". Here at OutSec Legal, we have developed our own app for you to record and upload your audio transcription files securely and easily to us. Our professional legal transcriptionists will provide you with a more accurate transcription than you could obtain via speech-to-text software and they are covered by our confidentiality contracts. So with OutSec, you know who is processing your data and that it will be safe.
  • How will you keep my data secure?
    OutSec Legal has been transcribing confidential digital recordings and legal digital dictation files securely for over 20 years. Our software has been developed around stringent encryption standards required by the legal services sector. We are registered with the ICO. OutSec Legal are also Cyber Essentials certified, which is required by all contractors who contract with UK Gov. OutSec Legal leverage the Amazon/AWS Cloud to provide a highly secure and geo-redundant infrastructure, which provides the resilience and availability demanded by modern-day businesses. OutSec also ensures that every client transaction is protected with the latest SSL security. OutSec’s FileManager system is password encrypted, with each client having their own username and password. The OutSec servers are secured using the latest encryption protocols: Simplified disaster recovery and automatic failover Encryption at rest and in-transit Encrypted data transfer (256-bit using a 2048-bit key) SHA-2 hashing for all certificates. TLS cryptology.
  • What if I need help or support?
    You are able to contact OutSec Legal by email, phone and even by Skype. We will be happy to speak to you and provide you with any help or support that you need in using our service.
  • Why is OutSec Legal the leading UK legal transcription company in the industry?
    OutSec Legal has been designed from the ground up to provide services which law firms, barristers' chambers and other legal practices want and need. OutSec Legal only transcribe legal digital dictation audio and video files to offer our unique set of services. These include legal transcription (single voice or multi voice) as well as legal document production, formatting and editing services. OutSec Legal only transcribe files from legal practices, they do not transcribe files from other sectors. This makes our offering unique from other transcription companies in the market, where work is farmed out randomly to huge banks of typists (none of which have ever worked in the legal sector). ​ At OutSec we believe in having dedicated legal typists, transcriptionists and secretaries. Consequently, for each fee earner, we would allocate two experienced legal typists, transcriptionists or secretaries to carry out their work. All our transcriptionists have at least 10 years of experience in the legal sector. This allows your dedicated legal transcriptionists to build a bond, in the same way as an in-house secretary would. ​ Our legal transcriptionist team and our legal document production, formatting and editing team know exactly how legal documents should be laid out. This is because most have CILEX or legal secretarial qualifications in addition to their experience meaning they are the best in the industry. Our passion for excellence and an eye for detail, alongside financial investment in the very latest technology, ensure OutSec Legal provide a first-class service with data security and confidentiality at the forefront. Our close working relationship with our clients ensures that the OutSec Legal experience is one of excellence and a natural extension of your existing office.

However, if you have any additional questions why not get in touch.

What Makes OutSec Legal The Best Legal Transcription Service & Legal Document Production Service in the UK?

  • OutSec Legal has been designed exclusively for the legal sector to offer the best quality remote legal typing and legal document production, formatting and editing services at cost-effective pricing;

  • OutSec Legal's services are perfect for sole practitioners, barristers, mediators, law costs draftsmen, law firms, in-house legal departments and barrister's chambers;

  • OutSec Legal are GDPR compliant;

  • OutSec Legal areCyber Essentials certified which is audited and assessed independently;

  • OutSec Legal only use experienced legal secretaries, legal copy typists, notetakers, minute takers, legal document production and editing specialists, all of whom have signed strict confidentiality agreements with us.;

  • With OutSec Legal there is no need for expensive dictation equipment;

  • OutSec Legal offers a free dictation app to customers.  This allows legal dictation files to be recorded on your smartphone or tablet;

  • With OutSec Legal there are no contracts, no monthly fees, no minimum spends or hidden fees. The service is on a pay-as-you-go basis, meaning you are in control. 

  • OutSec Legal offers copy typing, fix and format, file conversion and legal authoring services to name but a few.

  • OutSec Legal provides itemised billing each month, so you know what you have spent and when;

  • OutSec Legal are able to work with your existing legal precedents, legal templates or lists of standard paragraphs;

  • Our document production specialists can even improve upon existing templates or precedents for you to improve productivity;

  • OutSec Legal offers multi-voice transcription. We can transcribe recorded remote meetings and provide Zoom transcription., Microsoft Teams transcription & Skype transcription;

  • We can also work directly with your existing case management software such as Proclaim, ALB, Ochresoft, Intelliworks, LEAP, Visualfiles and many more.

  • OutSec Legal can integrate with leading digital dictation software platforms such as BigHand, Dictamen, Olympus ODMS and Philips Speechwrite.  

  • OutSec Legal is based in the United Kingdom and is a UK-registered company.  

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