The Westlaw® Difference

Exclusive West enhancements mean better search results and better insight.

Start your legal research with nothing more than a plain-English description of your topic. From there, you can quickly and intuitively line up a complete research solution. Cases, statutes, treatises, forms, journal articles and more are all brought to light by this initial word search.

Dig deeper, and you'll find unique enhancements that make the information on Westlaw more accurate, more relevant, and easier to understand.

Case Law Enhancements
Learn more about West's exclusive case law enhancements, including headnotes, key numbers, case synopses, and added search terms - all created by West's attorney-editors.

Statute Annotations
West attorney-editors make statute annotations more useful by adding tables of contents, notes of decisions, historical and statutory notes, cross references and library references.

About West's Attorney-Editors
Behind the scenes at West - but at the very forefront of what you see on your Westlaw screen each day - works a legion of licensed attorney-editors. These are the specialists who make the law easy to find and easy to understand.