legal review
Attorney scrutinizes documents
Legal review is the process of examining documents, contracts, or actions to assess their legal implications, compliance, or validity.
Lawyers conduct legal review before transactions close, when disputes arise, or to ensure regulatory compliance: The contract is under legal review.
In government contexts, legal review determines whether proposed policies or legislation pass constitutional muster.
- compliance checksReviews verifying rule adherence
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
- risk assessmentEvaluating likelihood of harm
boilerplate language · second opinion · outside counsel · sign off · evaluation · trial preparation · appraisal · critique · examination · clause · deal breaker · red flags · briefing · memorandum · tribunal · binding · amendment · precedent
- assessmentsassessments, evaluation, evaluations, test, tests
- legal appealsappeal process, appeals court, appeal courts, higher court, rehearing
- Offboardingexit interview, final paycheck, termination letter, resignation letter, severance package
- due diligencedue diligence, vetting, data room, tax assessment, environmental audit
- Military Justicecourt-martial, court martial, military courts, JAG, military tribunals
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
legal reviewskimming
Passing lightly over
browsing · quick look · recreational reading · beach reading