# CourtListener

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/courtlistener/  
**Website:** https://www.courtlistener.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 9.6 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-09-21 under rubric 0.22.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 4.8 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 22.2 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 15.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | yes |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## APIs (1)

- **CourtListener API** — API for CourtListener legal data access

## Security (1)

- **Courtlistener Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Legal, Non-Profit, Open Data, CourtListener, FreeLaw

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/courtlistener/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.