Tag: Court Documents

  • Quickly Check the Availability of State Court Electronic Docket and Document Access With CourtReference.com

    Quickly Check the Availability of State Court Electronic Docket and Document Access With CourtReference.com

    Though I have detailed its flaws, PACER’s existence as the centralized interface containing electronic access to Federal court dockets and documents makes our jobs as law librarians much easier. State courts, on the other hand, are the wild west of electronic docket and document access.

  • The Perils of PACER

    Anyone involved in legal research is more than familiar with PACER (the name, an acronym, stands for: Public Access to Court Electronic Records). Before we delve into the glaring weaknesses and errors of PACER, let’s just step back and give thanks that there is a way for users to access docket and documents filed in…

  • App Review: DkT

    App Review: DkT

    If you work in the legal field, there is no doubt you have experienced working with PACER; it’s the interface that enables users to access and file federal court documents. DkT (available here) is a brand new app that puts an easily-navigable, streamlined mobile user interface on top of PACER, enabling users to access documents…