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All built on the same trusted foundation, there’s a version of Westlaw that will meet your needs — and your budget

NEXT-GENERATION LEGAL RESEARCH

Westlaw Advantage with CoCounsel Essentials

Transform your legal research with Westlaw Advantage, combining industry-leading content and advanced agentic AI for unmatched efficiency and accuracy. Deep Research uses custom-trained AI and trusted Westlaw tools like KeyCite and the Key Number System to deliver thorough, transparent results. Litigation Document Analyzer expands on Quick Check, uncovering hidden insights, detecting potential mischaracterizations of law, and simplifying complex complaints. Whether analyzing documents and contracts, building arguments, assessing cases, or drafting legal documents, Westlaw Advantage with CoCounsel Essentials gives you the comprehensive tools and expertise to achieve better outcomes, faster.

Standard Legal Research

Westlaw Classic

Get accurate and comprehensive legal research you can trust.

Starting at $104.31/month

Access the most comprehensive collection of primary and secondary law for thorough research.

Find related law quickly with the most reputable and granular subject classification system, the Key Number System.

Work confidently knowing you're relying on good law with the best-in-class citator, KeyCite.

Retrieve background history of attorneys, judges, experts, and companies.

Advanced features

Westlaw Edge

Gain a competitive advantage through intelligent insights and analysis.

Starting at $107.25/month

Everything in Westlaw Classic, plus:

Upload legal documents to create a report indicating authority that may have been missed and authority contrary to your opponent’s position.

Access data-driven insights on judges, courts, attorneys, law firms, damages, and case types to enhance your case strategy.

Gain better exposure to invalid law with KeyCite Overruling Risk.

Instantly compare statute and regulation versions.

AI-enhanced legal research

Westlaw Precision

Harness the power of AI and more precise researching.

Starting at $211.25/month

Everything in Westlaw Edge, plus:

AI-Assisted Research provides relevant answers to your questions with links to trusted Westlaw authority so you can make better-informed decisions and complete the remainder of your research with increased efficiency.

Search, filter, and browse by topic in half the time.

Quickly see the specific point of law in a case that has been invalidated.

View related cases that have a pattern of being cited together even if neither cites the other.

Westlaw is the most trusted and award-winning legal research service