The Westlaw Advantage
Count on the number one preferred online legal research tool - Westlaw
When your case depends on the accuracy of your research, depend on the gold standard
Whether you're looking for primary law, legal analysis, or litigation materials, Westlaw is the online resource with the most comprehensive coverage. Designed specifically for legal researchers, Westlaw delivers exclusive online access to many of the same titles found on law library bookshelves, industry-leading search tools, and accuracy you can trust.
Primary law
- Exclusive access to leading primary law publications, such as USCA and the industry's only annotated CFR, West's Code of Federal Regulations Annotated
Analysis
- The complete American Law Reports (ALR)
- Top jurisdictional and practice area resources
Litigation materials
- The largest online collection of briefs, trial documents, trial court orders, and expert testimony
- Exclusive access to ALM Jury Verdicts
Searching
Editorial enhancements
Linking
- ResultsPlus automatically links you from within a document or result to relevant treatises, briefs, ALR articles, and West Key Numbers
More about ResultsPlus »
Research help
Companion tools
- Efficiency tools like My Westlaw, WestClip, Print Delivery Manager, Reporter Images, Research Trails, and more expedite your work
More about other tools »
Current information
- Find a case's direct history on KeyCite within four hours of our receiving it
- Overruled cases are identified within 24 hours
- Supreme Court rulings are published in less than an hour
Court corrections
KeyCite
- KeyCite combines West's 125-year tradition of editorial excellence with our leading technology to deliver the most complete, accurate, and up-to-the-minute citation service
More about KeyCite »
- Westlaw: preferred by litigators over any other online legal research service
Complete Study »
Study Summarized »
- Preferred two to one over our nearest competitors in the Law Office Computing Readers' Choice Awards eight years running
- Preferred by more ABA members in a Legal Technology Resource Center survey
- Log on using your Internet browser
- Add Westlaw to your intranet
- Find and deliver to others by email
- Find and print or deliver to others
- Text-only for assistive devices
More about access options »