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Free Law Project

Free Law Project is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase access to justice and transparency in the legal system through the use of technology and open data.

Free Law Project publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Alerts API, Case Law API, Citations API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Courts, Justice, Legal, and Transparency.

Free Law Project’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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10 APIs
CourtsJusticeLegalTransparency

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 36.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Free Law Project Alerts API

User-defined alerts on search queries.

Free Law Project Case Law API

Opinions, clusters, dockets, and courts.

Free Law Project Citations API

Citation lookup and verification.

Free Law Project Financial Disclosures API

Federal and state judge financial disclosure filings.

Free Law Project Judges API

Judges, positions, education, and political affiliations.

Free Law Project Oral Arguments API

Oral argument audio recordings.

Free Law Project PACER API

PACER dockets, entries, and documents.

Free Law Project RECAP API

RECAP archive of public PACER documents.

Free Law Project Search API

Full-text and faceted search across CourtListener data.

Free Law Project Tags API

User tags for organizing dockets.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Free Law Project / CourtListener REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Free Law Project Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Free Law Project Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Free Law Project Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Free Law Project Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Free Law Project Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Free Law Project Agentic Access

15 operations · 2 acting

15 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: free-law-project
name: Free Law Project
description: Free Law Project is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase access to justice and transparency in the
  legal system through the use of technology and open data.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/free-law-project.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-01-07'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
tags:
- Courts
- Justice
- Legal
- Transparency
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/free-law-project/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-alerts-api
  name: Free Law Project Alerts API
  description: User-defined alerts on search queries.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - Alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-case-law-api
  name: Free Law Project Case Law API
  description: Opinions, clusters, dockets, and courts.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - Case Law
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-case-law-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-citations-api
  name: Free Law Project Citations API
  description: Citation lookup and verification.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - Citations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-citations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-financial-disclosures-api
  name: Free Law Project Financial Disclosures API
  description: Federal and state judge financial disclosure filings.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - Financial Disclosures
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-financial-disclosures-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-judges-api
  name: Free Law Project Judges API
  description: Judges, positions, education, and political affiliations.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - Judges
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-judges-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-oral-arguments-api
  name: Free Law Project Oral Arguments API
  description: Oral argument audio recordings.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - Oral Arguments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-oral-arguments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-pacer-api
  name: Free Law Project PACER API
  description: PACER dockets, entries, and documents.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - PACER
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-pacer-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-recap-api
  name: Free Law Project RECAP API
  description: RECAP archive of public PACER documents.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - RECAP
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-recap-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-search-api
  name: Free Law Project Search API
  description: Full-text and faceted search across CourtListener data.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- aid: free-law-project:free-law-project-tags-api
  name: Free Law Project Tags API
  description: User tags for organizing dockets.
  humanURL: https://free.law/
  baseURL: https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/free-law-project-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/free-law-project-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/free-law-project-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/free-law-project-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/free-law-project
- type: Website
  url: https://free.law/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.courtlistener.com/help/api/rest/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/freelawproject
- url: https://free.law/feeds/all.atom.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com