WestLaw Research

American Heritage University School of Law offers WestLaw® online legal research services to all of its students inlcuding Alumni! You can keep your registered WestLaw key after graduation.

What is WestLaw?

Westlaw is an online legal research service for lawyers and legal professionals in the United States and is a product of Thomson Reuters. In addition, it provides proprietary database services. Information resources on Westlaw include more than 40,000 databases of case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, law journals, law reviews, treatises, legal forms, and other information resources.

Most legal documents on Westlaw are indexed to the West Key Number System, which is West’s master classification system of U.S. law. Westlaw supports natural language and Boolean searches. Other significant Westlaw features include KeyCite, a citation checking service, which customers use to determine whether cases or statutes are still good law, and a customizable tabbed interface that lets customers bring their most-used resources to the top.

Access your WestLaw: https://signon.thomsonreuters.com/