Adam Ziegler

Momentum Builds for PACER Reform and Free Public Access to Court Records

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On February 13, 2019, Rep. Collins (R-GA) introduced the Electronic Court Records Reform Act (H.R. 1164) to enable free public access to federal court records in machine-readable form via PACER. The bill is short and sweet (text available here), enjoys bipartisan support from co-sponsors Rep. Quigley (D-IL), Rep. Roe (R-TN) and Rep. Johnson (D-GA) and has earned the …

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Continued support for the Caselaw Access Project

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Harvard Law School launched the Caselaw Access Project in 2015 to digitize the Harvard Law School Library’s complete collection of U.S. case law and to make the materials in that collection available online for free. We’ve been able to undertake this ambitious project — covering 44,000 volumes — with the support of Ravel Law, a legal research and analytics platform. …

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Caselaw Access Project

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The Harvard Law School Library is pleased to announce “Caselaw Access Project” as the formal name for its long-running project to help make U.S. state and federal court decisions freely accessible online. The Library began this project internally in 2013 under the name “Free the Law” as a pilot to explore the feasibility and viability of digitizing its …

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Caselaw Access Project – Overview

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Project Summary Problem: Our common law is not freely accessible online. This lack of access to the law impairs justice and equality and stifles innovation. Goal: Transform the official print versions of all historical U.S. court decisions into digital files made freely accessible online. Encourage and assist federal and state courts in making all prospective court decisions freely …

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