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Data sources and credits

Lawki does not create court records. It shows public records that others collect, and it says where they came from.

CourtListener and Free Law Project

Case information, dockets and documents in Lawki come from CourtListener (another website), a project of Free Law Project (another website). Every case page in the app names CourtListener as its source.

A page in Lawki can be behind the court’s own records. CourtListener does not receive every filing, and new filings can take time to reach it. Lawki also keeps copies of records for a short time and checks for updates only so often, to stay within CourtListener’s request limits.

Lawki is an independent app. It is not run by Free Law Project, CourtListener or any court.

Documents that cost money (PACER)

Many federal court documents are only available on PACER, the federal courts’ own online system, which charges a fee per page. When a document is not free, Lawki shows an estimated price, labeled as an estimate, and a link to PACER (another website). The estimate is the number of pages times $0.10, up to $3 for one document, which is what PACER charges today.

You pay PACER directly. Lawki does not buy documents for you and does not receive any part of the fee. PACER’s per-page fee is scheduled to become $0.12 on January 1, 2027, so estimates will change too.

What Lawki covers

Lawki searches federal court dockets, opinions from federal and state appeals courts, and US Supreme Court cases, as far as CourtListener has them. Other courts may be missing.

Records can be incomplete or out of date. Before you rely on a record, check it with the court that holds the original.

Removed and sealed records

When CourtListener reports that a record has been removed, Lawki deletes its copy. Sealed documents are not public, and Lawki never writes AI summaries for sealed cases.

AI features

Lawki is testing two optional AI features: smart search, which turns a plain-English question into a search you can check and change, and a short plain-language summary of a case that quotes the documents it is based on. Both are labeled as AI, and the app asks for your permission before anything is sent to Anthropic, the AI provider. Some cases never get a summary: sealed and juvenile cases, cases with a “Doe” party, and criminal cases against individuals. AI can make mistakes, so check the quoted documents.

This website never shows AI summaries.

Software and fonts on this site

  • The Atkinson Hyperlegible Next and Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono typefaces, by the Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Project Authors and the Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono Project Authors, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Licence texts: Atkinson Hyperlegible Next and Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono.
  • The Cormorant Garamond typeface, by the Cormorant Project Authors, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Licence text: Cormorant Garamond.
  • Phosphor Icons, by Phosphor Icons, under the MIT License.
  • Built with Astro and Tailwind CSS.