Westlaw State Essentials and Essentials Plus
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Search for state-specific content with the power of Westlaw while controlling legal research costs. Westlaw State Essentials and State Essentials Plus are designed to meet the unique needs of solo practitioners and small firms. To save you time and simplify your efforts, these unlimited-use libraries combine state and federal cases, annotated statutes, and exclusive Westlaw features, all in one place.
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State Essentials
- State caselaw
- Annotated statutes
- Optional federal material, including cases from Supreme Court Reporter Federal Reporter, Federal Supplement cases from your circuit, and USCA
State Essentials Plus
- State case law
- Federal case law from your circuit
- Annotated state statutes
- USCA
- Federal topical materials to target research to your clients’ legal issue
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Case law enhancements
- West Key Number System directs you to specific points of law
- Headnotes explain each point of law
- Case synopses save you time
- Extra search terms (e.g., art and legal relationship terms) help you retrieve relevant cases
Annotated statutes
- Statutory Credits show you citations to session laws
- Historical and Statutory Notes reveal the history of a statute
- Cross-References/Library References lead to Key Numbers, law reviews, and more
- Notes of decisions provide quick summaries of cases
KeyCite citation research service
- Verify that cases, statutes, and regulations are good law
- Link to citing cases, administrative decisions, more than 700 law reviews, and other analytical sources
- More than four million reported cases, 20 million headnotes, one million unpublished decisions, USCA, statutes for all 50 states, and CFR
Exclusive features
- KeySearch helps you formulate more precise search queries
- Most Cited Cases produces on-point results
- QuickView+ lets you track Westlaw usage and charges
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