Legal Research & Reference

The Key Number System identifies and indexes legal concepts so you can find cases stating or applying a legal concept.

You can quickly find cases citing legislation or a provision using the legislation collection.

The KeyCite case citator integrates with the Key Number system and helps you to verify whether a case is good law and shows the depth of treatment by citing and cited cases and legislation.

Plain language searching allows you to search by asking a question or typing in a sentence that describes the information you are looking for.

You can quickly find cases where the judge considers the meaning of a word or phrase, using the Cases Advanced search template.

Learn how to create WestClip alerts to receive updates on a search query.

Use the global search bar to quickly find cases by a citation or party name.

A Terms and Boolean Connectors search allows you to create a query using keywords and connectors that specify the relationship between those words.

A Terms and Boolean Connectors search allows you to create a query using keywords and connectors that specify the relationship between those words.

For complex or specific search queries, you can search using terms and Boolean connectors.

For complex or specific search queries, you can search using terms and Boolean connectors.