Collaborating on Contracts
Share contracts with your team, edit in real time, and manage feedback with comments.
Contract review is rarely a solo task. Lawis makes it easy to share contracts with colleagues, edit together in real time, and manage feedback with a threaded comment system — all without leaving the platform.
Sharing a contract
- Open the contract
Navigate to the contract you want to share from the contracts list.
- Click Share
The share button is in the contract editor's top toolbar. This opens the sharing dialog.
- Invite collaborators
Enter the email address of a team member or an external party. If they already have a Lawis account in your organization, they'll be added immediately.
- Assign a role
Choose the collaborator's access level (see roles below).
Collaborator roles
- Viewer — Can read the contract and view comments, but cannot make edits or add comments. Use this for stakeholders who need visibility without making changes.
- Editor — Can edit the contract content and add comments. Use this for team members actively working on the contract.
- Admin — Full control including editing, commenting, managing other collaborators, and sending for signature.
Real-time collaborative editing
When multiple team members have a contract open at the same time, you'll see each collaborator's cursor and edits appear live in the editor. There's no need to "check out" a document — changes are automatically synchronized and conflict-free.
Collaborator presence is shown in the editor toolbar — hover over an avatar to see who else is currently in the document.
Comments
Use comments to flag specific text, ask questions, or track decisions. To add a comment:
- Select text
Highlight the text in the editor that you want to comment on.
- Click the comment icon
A comment icon will appear in the margin. Click it to open the comment input.
- Write and submit
Type your comment and press Enter to submit. The commented text will be highlighted in the document.
Replying and resolving comments
Anyone with Editor or Admin access can reply to a comment. Once a comment thread has been addressed, click Resolve to close it. Resolved comments are hidden by default but can be viewed by toggling the Show resolved option.
Version history
Every time a contract is saved, Lawis creates a version snapshot. To view or restore a previous version:
- Click History in the contract editor toolbar
- Browse versions by date and author
- Click any version to preview it
- Click Restore to revert the contract to that version
Use the version history before making significant changes to a contract — this gives you a restore point in case the edits don't work out as expected.