Who Westlaw is For
Westlaw’s new, more affordable basic plans are likely to be more attractive to firms of all sizes. But if you need comprehensive legal research, Westlaw is still cost-prohibitive for many solo and small firms. As a result, Westlaw is usually best suited to larger law firms or those with specific needs that can’t be met by the competition.
Westlaw Features
Website | legal.thomsonreuters.com |
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Starting Cost | $75/user/month |
Free Trial | ✓ |
Apps |
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Sources | |
US State Cases | All 50 States |
US State Statutes | All 50 States |
US Cases | ✓ |
US Statutes | ✓ |
Dockets | ✓ |
Secondary Sources | ✓ |
News Coverage | ✓ |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) | ✓ |
Natural Language Search | ✓ |
Boolean Search | ✓ |
Case Summaries | ✓ |
Citation Checking | ✓ |
Filter Search | ✓ |
Research History | ✓ |
Research Folders | ✓ |
PDF/Word Downloads | ✓ |
Suggestions | ✓ |
Alerts | ✓ |
Software Integrations |
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Open API | ✗ |
Things You Might Want to Know
KeyCite Overruling Risk. KeyCite Overruling Risk comes with your Edge subscription and expands KeyCite by flagging a case if it relies on bad or overruled law. You can still find cases that have been explicitly overruled through Keycite. This saves you time by looking at all those cases at once.
Statutes Compare. Statutes Compare allows you to compare statutory revisions on the state and federal level to help you understand the legislative intent. This insight lets you incorporate legislative intent in your business advice and litigation advocacy. Statutes Compare shows you exactly how a statute has evolved and is included with your Westlaw Edge subscription.
Secondary sources galore. The software features a comprehensive secondary sources database that lets you bookmark favorite publications and browse through publications in a streamlined user interface.
Fake free trial
I literally signed up for a 7 day free trial, and tried it out for a few hours tops. It kept logging me out. I tried to sign back in hours later and it said I could no longer have access. I called the number, and I was literally told that I had used up my 5 free hours. According to them, it’s 5 free hours or 7 days, whichever occurs first. That’s not true! I used it for only 2 hours. They should know since they track all search history, etc. What a joke! Right off the bat and these guys are alerady breaching imlied warranties! Being dishonest right off the bat is not the best way to win customers. I’ll keep shopping.
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