Top Legal Research Software

Legal Research software and services aggregate court judgements, legislation, regulations and case law from a variety of sources as well as provide tools for automating legislation discovery and analysis. Use our rankings below to compare Legal Research Software options and features, and find the best one for you and your business.

Legal Research Software Features

AI/Machine Learning

Software program that continuously adjusts its behavior based on observed data

Annotations

Highlight content and/or make notations about parts of content

Brief Analytics

Automatically collect quantitative and qualitative data on the quality of legal document and suggest improvements

Case Alerts

Receive a notification when a case you are tracking is listed in court or new information about legislation is available

Case Law Research

Search libraries and court databases of opinions and legal decisions related to adjudicated cases and precedents

Change Tracking

Track changes in laws and regulations and compare previous legislation to current legislation

Data Visualization

Graphical representation of the data

Query Suggestions

See options for potential search queries within the system

Search History

See a list of all previously conducted search requests and search results

Search/Filter

Search available resources to locate required information

Self-Service Search

Perform search yourself within the system, without help from third parties

Statutes Research

Discover, analyse and compare current and/or historic legislation and regulation for specific jurisdictions

Tax Law Research

Discover, analyse and compare current and/or historic legislation related to taxation for particular jurisdiction(s)

Third-Party Analysis Integration

Utilize research services such as analysis, articles, reports and more provided by parties from outside your organizations

1

CARA

By Casetext

4.9★★★★★(297 Ratings)

Casetext is legal research software that is affordable without having to sacrifice the quality of research. No fees, no b.s. Read More

2

Fastcase

By Fastcase

4.6★★★★★(161 Ratings)

Legal research that enables attorneys to find what they need with an intuitive tool at a smart price. Read More

3

Tracers

By Tracers

4.6★★★★★(30 Ratings)

Tracers investigative and data research tools help you find key pieces of information available only in public and private records. Read More

4

Lexis

By LexisNexis

4.4★★★★(25 Ratings)

Legal analytics, visualization and AI-enabled database of statutes and case law. Read More

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EndNote

By Clarivate

3.8★★★★(7 Ratings)

Research and reference management tool that helps businesses access research articles and build bibliographies. Read More

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UniCourt

By UniCourt

3.1★★★★★(5 Ratings)

UniCourt provides industry leading legal research solutions for searching state and federal (PACER) court records all in one portal. Read More

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TheLawNet

By THELAWNET

0★★★★★(0 Ratings)

Case law and legislation database that covers 315 jurisdictions. Read More

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AnyLaw

By AnyLaw

0★★★★★(0 Ratings)

Access US Federal and State case law updated in real time in one place. Read More

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Clerk

By Judicata

0★★★★★(0 Ratings)

Improve your briefs with relevancy-based search insight into California case law and legislature. Read More

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CourseCaseFinder

By Court Case Finder

0★★★★★(0 Ratings)

Online search tool that helps find criminal and civil court cases on any person in the US. Read More