legal-mcp

legal-mcp

Enables US case law search, citation parsing, practice management via Clio, and federal court filings through PACER.

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Legal MCP Server

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

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