Shepard’s Citations

Validate your research more quickly and completely with Shepard’®Citations Service, the premier legal citation tool. Shepard’s gives you comprehensive coverage and a full spectrum of editorial analysis to help you confirm that your case law citation references are strong, accurate and on-point. It can also identify cited cases that discuss specific issues of interest. Shepard’ can even monitor the cases that you choose and alert you to any changes.

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Quickly validate citations

With at-a-glance summaries of important information and jurisdiction, date, legal issue and term filter capabilities, Shepard’s Citations makes it easy to check the validity of your cases and quickly zero in on the information most relevant to you.

Discover potential splits of authority

Shepard’s Citations gives you full-spectrum editorial analysis, highlighting both negative and positive treatment of your cases. This helps reveal potential splits of authority, giving you a more precise view of the validity of your cases as they apply to your specific situation.

Ensure that validation information is current

Shepard’s treatment and history analyses are constantly updated-typically within 24 to 48 hours of receipt of an opinion-so you can be confident that your authority is current.

Monitor new information that affects your cases

Shepard’s makes it simple to stay on top of late-breaking changes in the treatment or signal value of your cases. With the Shepard’s Alert® feature, you can receive automatic case citation updates any time there are changes to reports for your cases.

Rely on expert analysis

Shepard’s is the only legal citation validation service that uses skilled attorney-editors to analyze court opinions and make sure that even the most subtle impact on cited decisions is reflected. Get it now: for more information about Shepard’s® Citations Service, please call (800) 227-4908.