FindLaw API
No public API. The Thomson Reuters developer portal covers Westlaw and Practical Law but excludes FindLaw and stayed with TR after the 2024 divestiture. Third parties get directory data by scraping, via Apify actors and managed scraping vendors.
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FindLaw scores F on the API Report Card. No public API. The Thomson Reuters developer portal covers Westlaw and Practical Law but excludes FindLaw and stayed with TR after the 2024 divestiture. Third parties get directory data by scraping, via Apify actors and managed scraping vendors.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly.
FindLaw (findlaw.com) is one of the oldest and most-trafficked consumer legal information websites on the internet.
Primary vertical: Legal. A consumer Googles 'how long do I have to sue after a car accident in Texas', lands on a FindLaw article explaining the Texas personal injury statute of limitations, clicks through to lawyers.findlaw.com filtered to 'Personal Injury' + their city, sees a paid premium listing at the top with a Click-to-Call button, and fills out a contact form that gets routed as a lead to the attorney's intake system (often via Ngage Live Chat or Captorra, also Internet Brands properties).
Very high consumer ubiquity within US legal SEO; very low programmatic ubiquity.
FindLaw operates one of the highest-traffic consumer legal content sites in the US and the lead-gen funnel for tens of thousands of small and mid-market law firms paying for marketing services.
FindLaw was founded in 1995, making it one of the original Web 1.0 legal information sites. Acquired by West Group in 2001, integrated into Thomson Reuters' Legal Professionals segment for ~23 years, and divested to Internet Brands in December 2024.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.