Westlaw

Westlaw

By Thomson Reuters

  • Category: Reference
  • Release Date: 2010-08-26
  • Current Version: 7.3.0
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 51.57 MB
  • Developer: Thomson Reuters
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
Score: 2.4
2.47959
From 98 Ratings

Description

Tap into the world’s most preferred legal research service wherever you go! The Westlaw app – available for iPad and iPhone – is the most awarded legal research app as voted by industry professionals and recognized by The National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, the Best of the Midwest, and more. With the Westlaw mobile app, you can extend the power and collaboration capabilities of Westlaw so research begun in one place can be continued on your mobile device – anytime, anywhere. “The Westlaw app is very well-designed and easy to use, making it simple to get legal research done when you are in court or otherwise out of the office. In fact, the app is so nice that I will often use it even when I am in my office, doing my legal research on the iPad while my brief is open on my computer.” – Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. in ABA Journal Access the same research features you rely on such as WestSearch, KeyCite, Search Filters, Folders, History, Notes, and Highlighting, which have all been redesigned for the iPad and iPhone. In addition to core research functionality, the Westlaw app offers the ability to save documents while online and offline to research folders, and deliver documents via email, print, or download. Westlaw Edge users also have exclusive access to additional, premium features such as KeyCite Overruling Risk, WestSearch Plus, and more, which are automatically included based on your subscription. *Please note that a Thomson Reuters Westlaw account is required to access this app. For questions, comments, or support regarding the app, please contact a Reference Attorney by phone at 1-800-REF-ATTY (1-800-733-2889). Law students can call 1-800-850-WEST (1-800-850-9378).

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Reviews

  • Nonfunctional

    1
    By SamoanPower
    The app will not allow me to download courses I’ve purchased.
  • No dark mode

    1
    By supermansaga
    Plus, it’s mission impossible to pull up 1.163(j)-4(b). I even tried Treas Regs 1.163(j)-4(b)
  • Current issues

    3
    By Jadwin
    1. Cannot adjust font size 2. Must set citation format *each time* you copy.
  • Use your web browser instead

    2
    By Flummoxed Lawyer
    I used this app for nearly a year and conducted extensive legal research on it. I have deleted it and will go back to accessing Westlaw via a web browser. It is a shame, as I really wanted to keep this app. There are some benefits to using this app over a web browser: - Login is a cinch. - App loads relatively quickly. The shortfalls are numerous: - Citations are limited. Though you get full citations on the web, this app limits case citation to a single one. For those of us following local rules or who wish to use the Bluebook, this makes legal research very inefficient. - Following procedural history is nearly impossible. While analyzing a case, you may wish to review a lower court's disposition, such as to learn more about the facts or understand the reasoning. This app is frequently unable to load that case. Instead, one is met with an error page and an 800-number. - Following stare decisis is nearly impossible. Same reason as above. One clicks on a case cited in an opinion and is disappointed by the 800-number. - Same issue as above with statutes and statutory history. - Trying to select text is a headache. As we all know, Westlaw imposes a popup when text is selected. On a web browser, it is easy to work around. On this app, it frequently blocks selected text and the popup even becomes selected itself. So, goodbye, Westlaw app.
  • Good!

    5
    By linlettuce
    Can’t speak to how it was before, but as of this review the app, in my opinion, is almost as readily accessible as is the website.
  • Devolved Over Time

    1
    By L98002
    This app used to be functional for basic research, but it’s gotten worse with each update. Good luck trying to find what you need if your search returns more than a few cases. You can no longer sort the result, or search within the result. Worthless for anything but looking up a particular case with a citation.
  • Change went from 5 to 1

    1
    By 
    Why have an app if no one in your organization understands the app and can assist with it. Please fix it back the way it was prior to this terrible update.
  • Truly terrible

    1
    By Karl Dreeves
    The Westlaw website is bad, and this app somehow manages to be even worse. It is very slow, documents often don’t load, and the interface is poor. Of course, the necessity of an app at all is a problem. There should be no reason why the website itself can’t be programmed to work in Safari on an iPad.
  • Worthless

    1
    By mjb76439
    Dockets are not available.
  • Don’t bother

    1
    By SC Lawyer
    Very poor functionality. Better to use the laptop and save the phone for a mobile hotspot. Keeps signing out. Difficulty signing in. Can’t scroll through results. Filters don’t work. Poor design.

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