Justia is an American website specializing in legal information retrieval. It was founded in 2003 by Tim Stanley, formerly of FindLaw, and is one of the largest online databases of legal cases. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.[1] The website offers free case law, codes, opinion summaries, and other basic legal texts, with paid services for its attorney directory and webhosting.[2][3]
In 2007, The New York Times reported that Justia was spending around "$10,000 a month" in order "to copy documents" from the United States Supreme Court and publish them online, to be made available without the public paying fees.[4] Law library research guides often refer to Justia. Duke Law School's law library's research guide notes how it is helpful for PACER.[5]
See also
- Legal Information Institute by Cornell Law School
References
- Stephanie Francis Ward. Tim Stanley: Big Giver ABA Journal, October 20, 2009, retrieved August 6, 2017^
- Terry Carter. Justia's Stacy Stern finds real profit in making things free ABA Journal, April 12, 2017, retrieved April 11, 2019^
- Jason Tashea. Justia launches new peer-reviewed attorney ratings ABA Journal, April 11, 2018, retrieved April 11, 2019^
- John Markoff. A Quest to Get More Court Rulings Online, and Free The New York Times, August 20, 2007, retrieved August 6, 2017^
- Legal Research on the Web Duke Law School, retrieved January 23, 2021^