Legal Research Tools

Compare 29 legal research tools tools to find the right one for your needs

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Alexi

Amplify your firm's legal intelligence.

An AI platform for generating legal memos.

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CourtListener

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

A free and open-source legal research platform.

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Casetext

The Modern Legal Research Platform.

An AI-powered legal research platform.

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Lex Machina

Legal Analytics for the Business and Practice of Law.

A platform for litigation analytics.

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HeinOnline

A Premier Online Research Platform.

A comprehensive database of legal and historical documents.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.

A premier online legal research service for legal professionals.

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Bloomberg Law

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

Integrates legal research 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 resource for legal professionals.

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vLex

The World's Legal Intelligence.

A global legal intelligence platform.

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Google Scholar

Stand on the shoulders of giants.

A free search engine for scholarly literature.

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FiscalNote

The leading technology provider of global policy and market intelligence.

A platform for tracking and analyzing government policy.

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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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Trellis

AI-powered state court analytics.

A platform for researching and analyzing state trial court data.

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Fastcase

Democratizing the Law.

A comprehensive legal research library.

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CaseMine

Smarter legal research.

An AI-powered legal research platform.

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Wolters Kluwer Cheetah

Expert information and solutions for professionals.

A legal and regulatory research platform.

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Justia

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

A free online resource for legal information.

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PACER

Public Access to Court Electronic Records.

The official online portal for 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 U.S. Supreme Court.

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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 platform for legal research (operations ceased in 2021).

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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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