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Legal Research Tools

Compare 24 legal research tools tools to find the right one for your needs

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CourtListener

An accessible, searchable, and free archive of court data.

A free legal research website from the Free Law Project that provides access to millions of legal opinions and other court data.

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Casetext

The Modern Legal Research Platform.

An AI-powered legal research platform designed to make legal research faster and more accurate.

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Lex Machina

Legal Analytics for the Business and Practice of Law.

A legal analytics platform that provides data-driven insights for litigation.

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HeinOnline

A Premier Online Research Platform.

An online research database focused on legal history and government documents.

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Unicourt

The API for Legal Data.

A comprehensive platform for accessing state and federal court data through an API.

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Westlaw

The world's most preferred online legal research service.

An online legal research service for lawyers and legal professionals.

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Bloomberg Law

The legal intelligence you need. The business context you want.

An integrated legal research platform that combines legal content with business intelligence and news.

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Clio

The #1 legal software for clients, cases, billing, and more.

A cloud-based legal practice management software that includes legal research functionalities.

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Practical Law

Know-how, from attorneys you can trust.

A legal know-how service that provides practical guidance and resources for lawyers.

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vLex

The World's Legal Intelligence.

A global legal intelligence platform with a vast collection of legal and regulatory information.

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Google Scholar

Stand on the shoulders of giants.

A freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature, including court opinions.

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LexisNexis

Advancing the Rule of Law Around the World.

A leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics.

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Fastcase

Democratizing the Law.

A legal research service that partners with bar associations to provide affordable access to legal data.

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Justia

Free Law & Legal Information for Lawyers, Students, Business and the Public.

A free online resource for legal information, including case law, statutes, and legal articles.

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PACER

Public Access to Court Electronic Records.

The official online portal for accessing U.S. Federal Court documents.

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FindLaw

Legal Information, Lawyer Search, and Law Firm Marketing Services.

A popular online resource for free legal information and lawyer search.

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Oyez

A free law project from Cornell's Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law.

A multimedia archive of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Decisis

Next-Generation Legal Research.

An online legal research tool offered as a member benefit by many bar associations.

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Judyrecords

Search Millions of U.S. Court Cases.

A free search engine for U.S. court cases.

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Judicata

The New Era of Legal Search.

A legal research platform that uses AI to map the law and provide more precise search results.

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ROSS Intelligence

Your AI-powered legal research assistant.

An AI-powered legal research platform that uses natural language processing to answer legal questions.

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Gavelytics

The Moneyball of State Court Litigation.

A legal analytics platform focused on state court litigation.

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Loislaw

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A former online legal research service that is now part of Fastcase.

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Casemaker

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A former legal research service that has merged with Fastcase.

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