Legal

US case law search, citation parsing, practice management, and federal court filings for AI assistants — powered by FastMCP.

Hosted at https://legal-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Setup

Add the server to your Claude Code settings (~/.claude/settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://legal-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-CourtListener-Token": "YOUR_COURTLISTENER_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Getting a CourtListener token

1. Create a free account at https://www.courtlistener.com/sign-in/
2. Go to your profile and copy your API token
3. Add it as the X-CourtListener-Token header above

Optional: Clio practice management

If you have a Clio account with API access, add your OAuth token:

"headers": {
  "X-CourtListener-Token": "YOUR_COURTLISTENER_TOKEN",
  "X-Clio-Token": "YOUR_CLIO_OAUTH_TOKEN"
}

Available tools

Tool	Description
search_case_law	Search 4M+ US court opinions by topic, court, or date range
get_case_details	Get full text and details of a specific opinion
get_case_record	Get docket info — parties, attorneys, judges, procedural history
find_citing_cases	Find cases that cite a given opinion
find_cited_cases	Find cases cited by a given opinion
parse_legal_citations	Parse Bluebook-format citations from text
list_available_courts	List all US courts and their filter codes
list_reporter_abbreviations	Reference for reporter abbreviations (U.S., F.3d, etc.)
search_federal_cases	Search PACER for federal cases (requires PACER credentials)
get_federal_case	Get federal case details from PACER
get_court_filings	Get docket entries for a federal case from PACER
search_clients	Search Clio contacts (requires Clio token)
search_matters	Search Clio matters/cases
get_matter_details	Get full matter details from Clio
get_time_entries	Get billable hours from Clio
get_matter_tasks	Get tasks for a matter in Clio
get_matter_documents	Search documents in Clio
get_calendar	Get calendar entries from Clio

Self-hosting

git clone https://github.com/jscottym/legal-mcp.git
cd legal-mcp
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m legal_mcp.server

Or with Docker:

docker build -t legal-mcp .
docker run -p 8000:8000 -e COURTLISTENER_TOKEN=your_token legal-mcp

Environment variables

Variable	Description
PORT	Server port (default: 8000)
COURTLISTENER_TOKEN	Fallback CourtListener API token
CLIO_TOKEN	Fallback Clio OAuth token
PACER_USERNAME	PACER login
PACER_PASSWORD	PACER password
LEGAL_MCP_DEMO	Set to true to use demo data without API keys