CourtListener

Search U.S. case law, PACER dockets, judges, oral arguments, and citation data, then create search or docket alerts in CourtListener. See Free Law Project’s CourtListener MCP documentation for setup, authentication, tools, and usage limits.

Features

• Search federal and state opinions, dockets, judges, and oral arguments
• Retrieve individual records and page through large result sets
• Extract citations from legal text and verify them against CourtListener
• Access additional CourtListener REST API resources through generic endpoint tools
• Create and delete search alerts or subscribe to docket updates

What you’ll need to connect

Required:

• CourtListener Account: Sign in through CourtListener’s OAuth flow; individual accounts are free

Permissions: Search and retrieval tools read legal data. Alert and subscription tools modify your CourtListener account preferences.