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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 when you use Westlaw Advantage with CoCounsel Essentials. This powerful combination merges the trusted content and AI-driven insights of Westlaw Advantage with the advanced document drafting and review capabilities of CoCounsel Essentials. The result is a comprehensive toolkit that helps you research, analyze, and draft with confidence 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.

Agentic AI legal research

Westlaw Advantage

Harness the power of advanced AI. 

Starting at $256.75/month

Everything in Westlaw Edge, plus:

Go beyond basic research using the agentic AI of Deep Research to formulate and execute a multistep plan that explores every angle of your legal question, including a step-by-step research plan and comprehensive report.

Gain deeper insights, uncover potential misrepresentations, and explore possible counterarguments with Litigation Document Analyzer.

Streamline your claims research with Claims Explorer, leveraging AI to find the strongest claims for your legal matter.

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