Ravel Law is a startup which offers free access to
computer-assisted legal research
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. The firm has funded a major scanning project at the
Harvard Law School
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library
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known as "Free the Law". The project aims to have the full collection of 40 million pages digitized by 2017.
According to the initial announcement, access to the library during the first eight years will be granted to non-profit organizations and partners of Ravel Law before completely opening to the public. Ravel Law was acquired by
RELX
RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British Multinational corporation, multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal i ...
to be part of the LexisNexis suite of tools in June, 2017.
Business plan
In addition to basic free access to the public the firm offers more sophisticated plans to legal firms and researchers.
See also
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Free Access to Law Movement
The Free Access to Law Movement (FALM) is the international organization devoted to providing free online access to legal information such as case law, legislation, treaties, law reform proposals and legal scholarship. The movement began in 1992 ...
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RECAP
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* Recap sequence
* Dividend recapitalization
* RECAP, archiving software for United States court documents
*'' The Recap'' album
See also
* Summary (disambiguation)
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External links
* {{Official website
Online law databases
Legal research
2012 establishments in Delaware