Use Cases
How legal professionals use Caselegis
From solo practitioners to law students, Caselegis adapts to how you work. Here is how different legal professionals use our tools.
50+ years
Of Case Law Coverage
Every district
California Appellate Courts
Updated daily
New Opinions Added
Thousands
Of California Opinions
Solo and small firm attorneys
Research smarter, not harder
You need to verify case law quickly, build arguments with confidence, and cite accurately. Caselegis gives you the same research power as large firms without the enterprise subscription.
Pre-trial research
Search for relevant California precedent by legal issue, party name, or citation. Get ranked results in milliseconds.
Verify before you cite
Check the law status of every case before including it in a brief. Green means good law. Red means it has been overruled.
Build your argument
Explore the citation network to find supporting cases and identify how courts have treated key precedents.
Organize your research
Bookmark cases as you go. Copy citations to your clipboard with one click. Access your history anytime.
Paralegals and legal assistants
Save hours on case research
You do the heavy lifting of legal research. Caselegis helps you find relevant cases faster, check their status, and deliver organized results to the attorneys you support.
Case discovery
Run comprehensive searches across all California appellate courts. Filter by date, court, and precedential status.
Status verification
Flag potentially problematic cases before they make it into a brief. The red, yellow, green system makes it clear at a glance.
Research tracking
Your search history is saved automatically. Pick up where you left off or share your research trail with the team.
Export and report
Export your research as formatted PDF or DOCX documents for attorneys to review. Include citations and case summaries.
Law students and academics
Research without the price tag
Law school research should not require an expensive subscription. Caselegis gives you access to California case law with the same citation analysis tools professionals use.
Moot court preparation
Find the cases you need for oral arguments and written briefs. Search by legal issue or specific citation.
Law review research
Trace how legal doctrines have evolved through the citation network. See which cases built on each other over time.
Learn citation analysis
Understand how courts treat prior decisions. See real examples of cases being distinguished, questioned, or overruled.
Build your library
Save important cases as you study. Build a personal collection organized by course, topic, or assignment.
Public interest and legal aid
Access to justice starts with access to the law
Legal aid organizations and public interest lawyers serve communities that need them most. Caselegis provides affordable research tools so you can focus your budget on the people you serve.
Client case research
Quickly find California precedent relevant to your client's situation. Search by legal issue across all courts.
Reliable citations
Ensure every case you cite is still good law. Bad law detection protects your clients and your credibility.
Impact tracking
See how landmark cases in your practice area have been cited and treated by later courts across California.
Efficient workflows
With limited time and resources, efficiency matters. Search history and bookmarks keep your research organized.
AI-powered legal workflows
Let your AI assistant do the research
Attorneys and teams using Claude, Cursor, or other AI assistants can connect them directly to Caselegis. Ask your AI to find cases, verify citations, and summarise holdings. It uses real, verified data, not hallucinations.
Delegate research to your AI
Ask Claude or Cursor to research a legal issue in natural language. It searches Caselegis, verifies every case, and reports back with accurate citations.
Hallucination-free citations
AI assistants connected to Caselegis cite real cases with correct citations and verified good-law status, never invented ones.
Deep citation analysis on demand
Ask your AI how a case has been treated over time. It calls Caselegis to get the full citation network and summarises the treatment history.
Brief and memo drafting
Combine your AI assistant's writing ability with Caselegis case data. Research and draft in the same conversation, with citations you can trust.
Already using Claude or Cursor?
Connect them to Caselegis.
Install in 60 seconds. One config block and your AI assistant can search California case law, verify citations, and trace citation networks, all using real, verified data.
Found 47 decisions from 2024. Here are the top 5, all verified good law: