Individual practice rules and standing orders are scattered across hundreds of courts, buried in PDFs, and constantly changing. We organize them so you don't have to.
CourtRules.app is a free resource that collects, organizes, and keeps current the individual practice rules for judges, so you can find what you need in seconds instead of hours.
Every district has its own local rules. Every judge has their own individual practice requirements. That's 600+ active judges, each with standing orders covering page limits, formatting, courtesy copies, motion practice, and more.
These rules determine whether your filing gets accepted or rejected. They dictate how many pages your brief can be, what font to use, when courtesy copies are required, and how to contact chambers.
But finding these rules takes too long:
Associates spend 15–30 minutes per new case just locating the right PDF. Paralegals and docketing clerks manually track formatting and procedural variations across judges. Partners double-check that nothing has changed since their last filing.
This wastes time that could be spent on substantive work. And it creates risk. A missed rule can mean a rejected filing, a blown deadline, or worse.
CourtRules.app is a searchable, organized collection of judges' individual practice rules, kept current and linked back to the original source documents.
We continuously check court websites for updates to standing orders and individual practice rules across every district we cover, so you're always working with the latest version.
Rules are categorized the way you actually use them: drafting requirements, filing procedures, courtesy copy rules, and chambers contact preferences. Not buried in a single PDF.
Every rule links back to the original standing order or individual practice document with page numbers. You can always verify against the source. We never ask you to take our word for it.
Designed with input from litigators, paralegals, and docketing clerks. Every feature exists because someone in practice told us they needed it.
Court rules are public documents. They're issued by judges, published on government websites, and govern a public legal system. Charging for access to public information doesn't sit right with us.
Big firms can afford expensive research platforms. Solo practitioners, legal aid attorneys, and small-firm paralegals often can't. That means the people who can least afford to miss a rule are the ones most likely to.
We believe everyone practicing in court should have equal access to the same information. The playing field will never be perfectly level, but at least everyone should know the rules.
CourtRules.app will always be free for individual users. No paywalls, no subscription tiers, no login required.
While the website is free, we offer a commercial API for legal technology companies that want to integrate court rules data into their own products. The API provides:
Revenue from API subscriptions funds our infrastructure, analysis costs, and ongoing development. This lets us keep the website free for the people who use it every day: the attorneys, paralegals, and clerks doing the work.
Our commitment: The website will remain free forever. We will never put court rules behind a paywall.
Every rule cites the original document and page number. You can always check the source yourself.
Built with input from people who file in court every day. Organized the way you actually work.
We're upfront about what's verified, what's new, and where our coverage stands. No black boxes.
Look up any judge's individual practice rules. Page limits, courtesy copies, formatting, chambers contact info. All in one place, and always free.