International Law Firm Keesal, Young & Logan Chooses = West km for Knowledge Management

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International Law = Firm Keesal,=20 Young & Logan Chooses West km for Knowledge=20 Management=20

LOS ANGELES and EAGAN, Minn., October = 1, 2003=20 - Thomson Elite and West, both businesses within = The=20 Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC), today = announced that the international law firm = Keesal, Young=20 & Logan plans to integrate West km? into its = legal=20 practice. West km is the innovative knowledge = management=20 service that enables legal professionals to be = more=20 efficient in serving their clients=92 needs by = allowing=20 attorneys to easily update, access and use = intellectual=20 assets from across the firm.=20

Knowledge management is a strategic and = competitive=20 necessity for today=92s law firms and corporate = legal=20 departments. The ability to save time by = referencing=20 past work products can be a critical competitive = advantage. West km delivers unprecedented = productivity=20 gains to legal professionals, enabling them to = provide=20 more effective legal counsel and service to = their=20 clients.=20

"When we first presented the concept of West = km to=20 the attorneys in our firm their faces lit up," = said=20 Justin Hectus, Director of Information at = Keesal, Young=20 and Logan. "They immediately realized it would = be of=20 significant value to their practice. West km = willenhance=20 our ability to leverage existing firm work = product, and=20 the increased efficiencies will directly benefit = our=20 clients."=20

How does West km work? West km is a knowledge = management solution designed to meet the unique = needs of=20 lawyers. The service integrates a legal = organization=92s=20 information archive with Westlaw, the legal = industry=92s=20 premier online legal research service, and = provides a=20 full suite of knowledge management features, = including=20 search and retrieval using specialized = taxonomies, free=20 text and fielded metadata, or any combination of = the=20 three. This allows lawyers to work with a = single,=20 familiar interface to find authoritative legal=20 information resources, while at the same time = searching=20 private documents such as briefs, opinion = letters and=20 memoranda.=20

But West km does something no other knowledge = management-related service can. West km = automates the=20 process of classifying legal documents to an = established=20 and widely used index - the West Key Number = System=AE.=20 This integrates a firm=92s document collection = with the=20 universe of authoritative primary and secondary = legal=20 information resources, and facilitates unmatched = accuracy and relevance of search results. West = km also=20 finds the relationships between documents and = creates=20 unique links from citations within firm = documents to=20 other firm documents, case law, statutes and = regulations=20 using KeyCite=AE, the industry=92s most powerful = and=20 innovative citation-checking service. = Integration with=20 KeyCite also helps keep a law firm=92s knowledge = assets=20 current by embedding easy-to-understand flags = and=20 symbols, which immediately identify whether any = of the=20 cases or statutes that were cited have been = discussed,=20 reversed or overruled.=20

Since its launch just one year ago, West km = has been=20 adopted by more than 75 of the world=92s leading = legal=20 organizations, including law firms, corporate = legal=20 departments and government agencies. For more=20 information, visit west.thomson.com/westkm.=20

About Keesal, Young & = Logan
Keesal,=20 Young & Logan is a full service law firm=20 representing businesses throughout the United = States,=20 Europe and Asia, with offices in Los = Angeles/Long Beach,=20 San Francisco, Seattle, Anchorage and Hong Kong. = For=20 more information, visit Keesal, Young, and Logan = on the=20 Web at http://www.kyl.com/.=20

About Thomson Elite
Thomson Elite = is a=20 leading provider of integrated practice and = financial=20 management systems for professional service = firms=20 worldwide. Thomson Elite is a business within = The=20 Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC) and is = a=20 premier provider of financial and practice = management=20 systems to the legal industry and to other = professional=20 service markets, including accounting, = engineering,=20 marketing services, and management and IT = consulting.=20 For more information, visit http://www.elite.com/.=20

About West
Headquartered in Eagan, = Minn.,=20 West is the foremost provider of integrated = information=20 solutions to the U.S. legal market. West is a = business=20 within The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC; NYSE: = TOC) and=20 was formed when West Publishing and Thomson = Legal=20 Publishing merged in June 1996. For more = information,=20 please visit the West Web site at west.thomson.com.=20

About The Thomson Corporation
The = Thomson=20 Corporation (http://www.thomson.com/), = with 2002=20 revenues of $7.8 billion, is a global leader in=20 providing integrated information solutions to = business=20 and professional customers. Thomson provides = value-added=20 information, software applications and tools to = more=20 than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, = accounting, financial services, higher = education,=20 reference information, corporate training and=20 assessment, scientific research and healthcare. = The=20 corporate common shares are listed on the = Toronto and=20 New York stock exchanges (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC).=20

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