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Legal Library Management Software

Legal library management software, built by a legal librarian

Catalog, circulate, and search your firm's physical and digital legal collection from one system. Purpose-built for law firm libraries and backed by 50+ years of experience.

  • Catalog multi-volume sets, journals, loose-leaf, and digital resources in one place
  • Give lawyers a branded search portal to find any resource in seconds
  • Manage serials, subscriptions, and circulation without spreadsheets
★★★★★Used by law firm libraries, including Geldards and the Law Reform Commission.

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The SERIALS problem

Primary law does not fit in a spreadsheet

Law firm libraries manage some of the most demanding collections in any organization: multi-volume sets, loose-leaf updates that never stop, journals with irregular schedules, and a growing pile of digital subscriptions. Track all of that across spreadsheets and shared drives, and titles go missing, renewals lapse, and lawyers spend billable time hunting for a source.

Legal library automation replaces that with one catalog and one search portal. Your team manages acquisitions, serials, and circulation in a single system, and lawyers find what they need on their own.

See it in action

Every title, physical or digital, in one catalog

Describe a resource once, and lawyers find it from a branded search portal, by practice area, office, or format.

Catalog RecordClass KD 310
TitleHalsbury's Laws of England
AuthorLexisNexis, editorial
FormatLoose-leaf and digital
LocationMain Library and Search Portal
SerialsUpdate service, renews annually
StatusAvailable

One record describes the physical set and its digital equivalent, so nothing is tracked twice and nothing goes missing between updates.

What you get

Everything a law firm library runs on

Cataloging, serials, circulation, and discovery in one system, developed with law librarians who know the collection.

Cataloging

Fast, accurate cataloging of multi-volume sets, journals, articles, precedents, and loose-leaf, across physical and digital formats.

Serials and subscriptions

Handle irregular publishing schedules, renewals, and routing, and cut errors and cost in acquisitions.

Circulation and self-issue

Manage loans and returns, with self-issue by barcode with RFID teracking and a personal account for every lawyer.

Acquisitions and fund accounting

Financial controls for budgeting, with automated fund accounting and multi-currency cost control.

Branded search portals

Give lawyers customized, mobile-responsive search portals, organized by practice area or office.

Physical and digital together

Keep printed and digital resources, and legal information management across formats, in one database.

A closer look

See the catalog and search portal

Watch a short walkthrough, or view a screenshot of a live legal library portal.

 

Legal Portal Screenshot

 

Who it is for

Made for legal libraries of every size

From a single-office firm to a multi-jurisdiction practice.

Law firm libraries

Run cataloging, serials, and circulation for the firm from one system.

Corporate legal libraries

Give in-house teams governed access to the sources they rely on.

Government and court libraries

Manage statutory material and public collections to a consistent standard.

Multi-office firms

Control single or multiple locations, offices, and practice-area libraries.

Customer story

A library law firms actually use

Soutron LMS is so much easier to use and navigate. We find the process of cataloging and serials management perfectly suited to our requirements...Soutron LMS is a great solution for a law firm like Geldards.
Law firm in practice

Geldards, a UK law firm, uses Soutron to catalogue its collection and manage serials and statutory documents from one system, freeing library staff to spend more time serving lawyers.

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Pricing

Straightforward, predictable pricing

A single annual fee covers the software, hosting, support, and maintenance. Data migration and training are a one-time fixed fee based on your library's needs.

  • No per-seat surprises
  • Migration and training scoped up front
  • Cloud (SaaS) or on-premise to fit your IT policy
FAQ

Questions law librarians ask

What is legal library management software?+
It is software that helps a law firm library catalog, circulate, and provide search access to its physical and digital collection. One system covers cataloging, serials, acquisitions, and circulation, with a branded search portal for lawyers.
Does it handle both physical and digital collections?+
Yes. Printed and digital resources sit in one catalog, described once, and lawyers search across both from a single portal rather than checking separate lists.
Can it manage serials and loose-leaf updates?+
Yes. It is built for the irregular schedules, renewals, and loose-leaf updates common in primary law, so renewals do not lapse and updates are tracked against the right title.
Can we migrate from our current library system?+
Yes. Migration and training are part of onboarding, with support to move your catalog and data from your current system.
Is it cloud-based?+
It is available as a cloud (SaaS) solution, and on-premise when your firm's IT policy requires it.
How is a legal library different from legal knowledge management?+
A legal library manages information resources such as statutes, journals, and subscriptions. Legal knowledge management focuses on the firm's own work product and expertise. The two often share taxonomy and governance. If you are researching the latter, see our guide to legal knowledge management.
Next step

See your legal library in one system

Book a short, tailored walkthrough and see how Soutron fits your collection, your serials, and the way your lawyers search.

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