DEG – Document Excellence Group

developing best practice and promoting excellence
through knowledge and collaboration

Better Documents

Imagine a world where documents were drafted with ease, without hours wasted reformatting, fixing numbering or making sense of broken cross references. Discover how to turn this into reality and start working towards better documents.

Best Practice

Learn how to create and maintain trouble-free documents. Understand the causes of document problems and how to address this in your organisation. Explore how to get the best out of your documents as technology evolves.

Blue Star Standard

Join the growing number of firms using the Standard Styles framework for their legal documents. Devised to bring stability and ease of use while allowing firms to retain their individual identity and house style branding.

Document Excellence Day

Wednesday 22nd October 2025

London & Virtually

Sponsors – Document Excellence Day 2025

A huge thank you to everyone that supports us; as a volunteer-led group we wouldn’t be able to do what we do without you.

Speakers – Document Excellence Day 2025

Meet this year’s Document Excellence Day speakers. View the agenda..

Agenda – Document Excellence Day 2025

Find out which topics are on the agenda this year.

Document Excellence Group

Draftable: The Power of Building with Legal Teams

Join us online as we invite Steve Minall from Draftable to explore what you should expect from a modern software supplier. 28 May 2026, 4pm...

The Technology Gap: Let’s Begin Solving it

Join us for a virtual event as we consider how to get the most out of under-utilised tools such as legal forms software. 26 February...

Document Excellence Day – 22 October 2025

Hear from innovation teams, lawyers, trainers, and suppliers, as we explore this year’s theme of Transformation, Transition, and Automation.

Initiatives and Working Parties

Explore our key initiatives and get involved.

Document Excellence Day – 16 October 2024

Our 20th anniversary Document Excellence Day took place on 16 October 2024.

Hot air balloons preparing to take flight

Navigating the AI Skies: A journey with Microsoft Copilot

Event write up by Rob Simcock, DEG member “Manage your users’ expectations” was my takeaway from the Microsoft Copilot webinar ‘Navigating the AI Skies’ held by Document Excellence Group on 18 June.