Free Law Project Membership
Membership with Free Law Project gives you more than just access to advanced research tools—it connects you to a movement dedicated to breaking down legal paywalls. From real-time alerts on the cases that matter to enhanced API access, and smarter, faster case law searches, your membership powers both your work and our mission to make the law open and accessible to everyone.
Limited-Time Promotion
Now through August 6, 2026, we're doubling the API access included with the free tier and every membership tier below (except EDU memberships, which already include elevated access), so more people can try AI‑powered legal research with our MCP connector. Join during the promotion and research at twice the speed.
Membership
Free Law Project offers individual, group, EDU, and LSO memberships so everyone can strengthen access to legal information while powering their own research.
- Individual Memberships: Starting at just $10/month, individuals can access powerful research tools, receive member updates, and help sustain our mission.
- Group Memberships: Designed for firms, libraries, nonprofits, and organizations of all sizes. Plans scale up to 100 users, providing seat management, group access to alerts, and premium features.
- EDU Memberships: Open to faculty, students, and researchers with a valid .edu email address. These complimentary memberships offer access to our tools, ensuring that the next generation of legal scholars and professionals can fully engage with open legal data.
- Legal Services Organization (LSO) Memberships: Free group memberships for non-profit U.S.-based organizations that provide legal representation, advice, or self-help assistance to individual clients.
Every membership directly supports our nonprofit mission to provide free and open access to primary legal materials, advance legal technology, and empower the public.
Individual Member Tiers & Benefits
Features | Free TierNon-Members | Tier 1$10/moor $100/yr | Tier 2$25/moor $250/yr | Tier 3$50/moor $500/yr | Tier 4$100/moor $1000/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docket Alerts | 5 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Daily Opinion Search Alerts | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Real-time Opinion Search Alerts | — | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Daily RECAP Search Alerts | 5 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 100 |
| Real-time RECAP Search Alerts | — | 5 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| Pray & Pay Requests | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| API Access2, 3 2× until Aug 6 | 5/minute 50/hour 125/day Community support | 10/minute 75/hour 300/day Community support | 15/minute 150/hour 600/day Community support | 20/minute 250/hour 1,000/day Private support | 25/minute 300/hour 1,400/day Private support |
| Credits to shop our merch | — | — | $38 in credits | $75 in credits | $150 in credits |
1 Install the RECAP extension to automatically get 10 bonus alerts in the free tier!
2 Membership API access is for small law firms, small governmental bodies, legal service organizations, small media outlets, academics, and organizations that are pre-revenue and pre-funding. It is not for large or funded organizations. See details.
3 Now through August 6, 2026, these rates are doubled for the free tier and every membership tier shown here as part of our AI connector promotion. EDU memberships already include elevated access and are not doubled.
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Group Membership Tiers & Benefits
Group Size | Tier 1Monthly | Tier 2Monthly | Tier 3Monthly | Tier 4Monthly |
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| Smallest (1-5) | $30 | $75 | $150 | $300 |
| Small (up to 15) | $60 | $150 | $300 | $600 |
| Medium (up to 25) | $90 | $225 | $450 | $900 |
| Large (up to 50) | $150 | $375 | $750 | $1,500 |
| Organization (up to 100) | $300 | $750 | $1,250 | $2,500 |
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If you are looking for more than 100 memberships for your organization, please contact us at memberships@free.law
Group memberships do not include credits for our store, but we are happy to send stickers to group administrators upon request.
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Legal Services Organization (LSO) Memberships
LSO memberships are free group memberships for US-based non-profit legal services organizations, including civil legal aid offices and clinics. They are intended to support staff who use CourtListener in the course of providing legal representation, advice, or self-help assistance to individual clients in court. The group administrator manages seats for their organization.
Each individual in the organization will receive Tier 1 membership benefits to their CourtListener account.
Not sure if your organization qualifies? Contact our memberships team before applying. These memberships are not intended to support custom tool development. If you're building a tool, reach out to discuss options.
