Free & Freemium Legal Research Directory

Open-source database of millions of federal and state opinions, oral arguments, judges and PACER dockets (RECAP), with alerts and a free API.

Harvard's open bulk collection of 6.7M+ U.S. state and federal published cases from 1658 to 2018.

Search federal and state opinions and law reviews, with "How cited" links to later citing cases.

Free U.S. case law, codes, regulations, Supreme Court opinions and legal guides.

Searchable state and federal appellate opinions from Thomson Reuters.

AI-assisted case law research platform with free search and paid analytics.

Free to members of many state bar associations; full case law, statutes and citator.

Free published and unpublished court decisions, updated daily.

Free full-text search of federal and state case law with a clean reader.

Free federal appellate and Supreme Court opinions (U.S. Reports and F.2d/F.3d).

Fastcase-powered free search of cases, statutes and regulations.

Official opinions from federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts.

Free archive of PACER dockets and documents contributed by RECAP users.

Official opinions, dockets, oral argument transcripts and audio.

Supreme Court case summaries and synced oral argument audio.

Case files, petitions and analysis for every Supreme Court case.

Cornell's collection of Supreme Court opinions and historic decisions.

U.S. Code, CFR, federal rules, Wex legal encyclopedia and state law links.

Official, current U.S. Code with search and download.

Federal bills, public laws, Congressional Record and committee reports.

Official federal publications: Statutes at Large, CFR, Federal Register, court opinions.

Free state codes and constitutions for every state.

Free annotated-style access to state and federal codes.

50-state surveys and legislative research on hot topics.

Open data on state legislators and bills in all 50 states.

Track bills in all 50 states and Congress; free search plus paid tools.

Free municipal codes for thousands of U.S. cities and counties.

Free municipal and county codes of ordinances.

Free local codes of ordinances for thousands of municipalities.

Continuously updated, official CFR.

Daily rules, proposed rules and notices from federal agencies.

Find and comment on federal rulemakings and dockets.

FDCPA/Reg F, FCRA/Reg V, TILA and other consumer finance rules and interpretations.

FTC cases, rules, statutes and guidance, including consumer protection enforcement.

FCC orders and rulings, including TCPA declaratory rulings.

Company filings, enforcement and corporate records.

A–Z directory of U.S. government agencies.

Federal court dockets and filings; free if under $30 per quarter, 10 cents a page otherwise.

Browser extension that saves PACER purchases to a free public archive.

Free search of federal district court filings and dockets.

Federal docket search and alerts with free basic lookups.

Free full-text search across hundreds of millions of U.S. court records.

State and federal court record search with a free tier.

Links to every state court system and its online services.

State court caseload data and structure charts.

Find any federal court, its website and local rules.

Current Federal Rules of Civil, Criminal, Appellate, Bankruptcy Procedure and Evidence.

Official federal court and bankruptcy forms.

Directory of state and federal court rules, forms and docket sites.

Free legal dictionary and encyclopedia written by experts.

Plain-English articles on consumer, debt, bankruptcy, estate and business law.

Free legal aid information and forms by state.

Volunteer lawyers answer civil legal questions for qualifying users.

Detailed free research guides on hundreds of legal topics.

Research guides plus links to U.S. and world legal sources.

Harvard Law School Library's free legal research guides.

Consumer law advocacy, reports and consumer guides; treatise library by subscription.

Free working papers and articles from law faculty worldwide.

Free full-text law review articles from hundreds of law school repositories.

Search law reviews and legal journals.

Open-access law reviews published by law schools.

Open-access legal scholarship preprint repository.

Law reviews, historical codes and session laws; subscription, available free at many libraries and bars.

Free limited reading of scholarly law journals with a personal account.

Nonpartisan CRS analyses of legal and policy issues.

Official Bluebook citation guide; quick-style guide free, full online by subscription.

Peter Martin's free guide to legal citation.

Resolve any case citation and see citing opinions.

Open-source, public-domain legal citation guide compatible with Bluebook.

AI legal research and drafting assistant with a free trial.

LexisNexis generative AI legal research; free trial available.

Thomson Reuters research platform; free trial available.

AI legal research across U.S. and international law; trial available.

Free AI-summarized case law search for U.S. state and federal courts.

AI case law research with a free tier.

Dockets, cases, news and analytics; free trial available.

State trial court records, rulings and judge analytics with free search.

Biographies of every Article III federal judge since 1789.

State and federal judge profiles and court structures.

Judge profiles, appointments and financial disclosures.

Search consumer complaints against banks, debt collectors and credit bureaus.

Plain-English guides on debt collection, credit, scams and rights.

Free articles on debt collection defense and bankruptcy.

Find each state attorney general and consumer protection office.

Official overview of each bankruptcy chapter and process.

Vehicle recall and defect complaint search (lemon law research).

Free access to legal databases from over 100 countries.

News and analysis on legal developments worldwide.

Free Canadian case law and legislation.

Free British and Irish case law and legislation.

Official EU law, treaties and case law.

Multilateral treaties deposited with the UN Secretary-General.

Law firm articles and alerts on every practice area.

Legal news; limited free articles, full access by subscription.

Legal industry news and commentary.

Legal commentary and analysis from law professors.

Daily legal updates from law firms worldwide; free with registration.

Legal industry and litigation news.

News and features from the American Bar Association.

Nonprofit building open legal data, APIs and tools (CourtListener, RECAP, Juriscraper).

Open-source scrapers for American court websites.

Open-source library that finds and parses legal citations in text.

Open ~256GB dataset of legal and administrative text.

Open-source platform publishing official, authenticated laws for jurisdictions.

Open-source platform for guided legal interviews and document assembly.

Open data tracking Congress, bills and votes.