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