Westlaw

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Westlaw is a comprehensive online legal research service and database widely used by lawyers, judges, and scholars to access case law, statutes, regulations, and secondary legal materials.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial legal research platform
legal database
online legal research service
accessMethod web-based interface
accessModel subscription-based service
competitor Bloomberg Law
LexisNexis
countryOfOrigin United States
developer Thomson Reuters
hasFeature Boolean search
KeyCite
West Key Number System
alerts
citations checking
citator service
cross-references between documents
document annotation tools
filters and facets
full-text search
headnotes
history and research trail
mobile access
natural language search
practice area pages
topic and key number classification
hasVersion Westlaw Classic
Westlaw Edge
WestlawNext
language English
market legal research
ownedBy Thomson Reuters
predecessor West Publishing Company
primaryUsers judges
law students
lawyers
legal academics
paralegals
providesAccessTo administrative decisions
case law
company information
court rules
dockets
forms
law reviews
legal encyclopedias
legal treatises
news sources
regulations
secondary legal materials
statutes
typicalUseCase academic legal research
checking validity of citations
finding relevant case law
preparing legal briefs
researching statutes and regulations


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