Free Law Project is a nonprofit organization that provides free access to legal information and tools. It operates CourtListener, a comprehensive searchable database of United States court opinions, oral arguments, and other legal documents, along with related services such as RECAP and Bots.law. The platform aims to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive by leveraging technology and open data.
CourtListener publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Legal, Non-Profit, Open Data, CourtListener, and FreeLaw.
CourtListener’s developer surface includes support and 4 more developer resources.
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aid: courtlistener
name: CourtListener
image: https://storage.courtlistener.com/static/png/og-image-1200x630.7f25387a570b.png
description: Free Law Project is a nonprofit organization that provides free access to legal information and tools. It operates
CourtListener, a comprehensive searchable database of United States court opinions, oral arguments, and other legal documents,
along with related services such as RECAP and Bots.law. The platform aims to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and
competitive by leveraging technology and open data.
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x-source: harvest:legal
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-09-21 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-09-21'
modified: '2026-09-21'
tags:
- Legal
- Non-Profit
- Open Data
- CourtListener
- FreeLaw
tags_raw:
- Legal
- Nonprofit
- OpenData
- CourtListener
- FreeLaw
apis:
- name: CourtListener API
description: API for CourtListener legal data access
humanURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/
baseURL: null
aid: courtlistener:courtlistener-api
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
x-coverage:
state: unreadable
reason: js-rendered-docs
detail: Documentation pages return HTML shells and no machine‑readable OpenAPI spec is available.
evidence:
- url: https://api.courtlistener.com/openapi.json
status: 0
- url: https://www.courtlistener.com/openapi.json
status: 403
checked: 2026-09-21
common:
- type: WellKnown
url: well-known/courtlistener-well-known.yml
- type: Support
url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/
- type: Login
url: https://www.courtlistener.com/sign-in/?next=/?
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/courtlistener-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://www.courtlistener.com/
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date: '2026-09-21'
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