LexisNexis® and Lawctopus Announce Collaboration

New Delhi, India, July 02, 2014 --(PR.com)-- LexisNexis and Lawctopus today announced a broad-based, yet deep collaboration on several areas of mutual interest. Under the arrangement, Lawctopus will help LexisNexis understand and reach out to the law student market through its platform while LexisNexis will certify and award law students who write top-notch content for Lawctopus.

LexisNexis® is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. Part of Reed Elsevier, LexisNexis Legal & Professional serves customers in more than 100 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide.

Lawctopus is a 4 year old web based start-up, which grew from a hobbyist blog started from an NUJS, Kolkata dorm room to becoming India’s most popular website for law students. Today, Lawctopus reaches out to 85,000+ visitors a month and employs college managers across 75 law law colleges in India.

“Partnering with a renowned brand like LexisNexis is a dream-come-true for any start-up. Our content is crowd-sourced with the only incentive being the happy feeling you get when contributing to a community! With LexisNexis awarding and certifying our writers, we can surely look forward towards more excellent content being published on Lawctopus,” said Tanuj Kalia, CEO and Publishing Editor of Lawctopus.

“Lawctopus has built itself into a popular, trusted brand for law students in India. We’d love to reach out to our young readership through their platform and get more insights as to how to serve this segment better,” said Vikesh Dhyani, Director & Head of Marketing at LexisNexis.

For more information, please contact:

Vikesh Dhyani | vikesh.dhyani@lexisnexis.com | +91 8800244479

Tanuj Kalia | tanuj.kalia@lawctopus.com | +91 9711850703