Westlaw® is the premier online legal research service for lawyers and legal professionals in the United States and around the world. Westlaw® gives legal professionals comprehensive, specialized content plus unique search technologies and tools that help them find, understand and apply the law and legal concepts in the service of their clients.
Westlaw® is the most efficient online legal research service on the market providing clients with better results faster. Information resources on Westlaw® include more than 30,000 databases of case law, state and federal statutes, court documents, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, law journals, law reviews, treatises, legal forms and other information resources.
Part of the Westlaw® difference is innovative research technologies that leverage West's authoritative content and trusted editorial expertise to identify the most relevant, on-point materials quickly and efficiently.
Westlaw® is a product of West.
The industry leader in legal research.
Westlaw includes:
- KeyCite® -- the innovative citation tool only available on Westlaw.
- Westlaw Litigator® -- the premier legal research and workflow tool that supports every step in the litigation process.
- Medical Litigator® -- tailored to the unique needs of medical litigation and featuring relevant medical and legal content integrated with powerful workflow tools.
- Westlaw Business® -- for business law practitioners and featuring world-class news, business and financial content from West, GSI and Thomson Financial.
- Westlaw Practitioner® -- relevant content plus productivity tools to support client work from intake through settlement and closing case files, and tailored to 14 unique practice areas including bankruptcy, family law, construction, elder law, immigration, real property and more.
- Westlaw StatutesPlus® -- the comprehensive statutes research tool, featuring book-like indexing, browsing and viewing with links to supporting materials.
- ResultsPlus® -- the world-class research assistant on Westlaw that suggests analytical materials to augment research.
There are also international versions of Westlaw:
- Westlaw International® -- Westlaw for legal professionals abroad or for those specifically working with international issues.
- WestlaweCARSWELL® -- Westlaw for legal professionals in Canada.
- Westlaw UK® -- Westlaw for legal professionals in the U.K.
- Westlaw IE® -- Westlaw for legal professionals in Ireland.
- Westlaw UK® Scots Law -- Westlaw for legal professionals in Scotland.
- Westlaw ES® -- Westlaw for legal professionals in Spain.
- Westlaw Svereige® -- Westlaw for legal professionals in Sweden.
- Westlaw Danmark® -- Westlaw for legal professionals in Denmark.
- Westlaw Australia® -- Westlaw for legal professionals in Australia.