Online Legal Research and Related Tools

The Vendor is required to provide to procure comprehensive online legal research software services and related tools for use by the office.
- The State’s legal professionals handle a diverse portfolio of work which includes administrative proceedings, civil matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts, criminal matters in state trial and appellate courts, transactions, and advice and counsel.
- The work touches on a wide array of substantive legal areas.
- The State is seeking a comprehensive, flexible solution that will provide access to the most up-to-date legal research content and the tools to serve our clients efficiently and cost-effectively.
- Given the wide variation among our staff in the use of these systems, the State is exploring alternative approaches to meeting our needs.
- Search Capabilities
•    User-friendly visual interface with visual mapping of search results
•    Natural language prompt search capability
•    Terms and connector search capability
•    Find by citation capability
•    Search capability by court, judge, jurisdiction, date, and names of attorneys involved in cases or briefs
•    Ability to filter search results by jurisdiction, court, topical area, reported status, date, and relevancy
- AI-Powered Legal Research and Related Tools
•    AI-assisted legal research with intelligent case finding and analysis
•    Advanced litigation support tools with AI-powered document review
•    Automated document review and analysis
•    Intelligent legal drafting assistance for briefs, memos, and opinions
•    AI-powered brief and motion drafting templates
•    Automated cite-checking and legal citation formatting
•    Transactional and contract drafting resources with AI assistance
•    AI-enhanced form libraries specific to government practice
•    Automated legal writing and editing assistance
- Access, Mobility and Tools
•    Access from mobile devices (including applications for smartphones, tablets, etc.)
•    Ability to download PDF version of judicial opinion as it appears in the reporter
•    Compatible with Windows 11 Professional 64 Bit
•    Compatible with Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox (latest versions)
•    Compatible with Microsoft Office 2024 and Microsoft Office 365
•    Research management tools, such as bookmarking and folder organization for saving research
•    Note-taking capability within platform
•    Citation management tools compatible with standard citation formats (e.g. Bluebook)
•    Customizable dashboard or user interface specific to practice areas or user preferences
- State-defined Content Libraries
•    Ability to create document libraries (e.g. briefs, legal memos, administrative agency decisions, etc.) that are searchable using all system functionality, including AI-assisted capabilities.
•    Content upload for document libraries allows for standard file formats (e.g. PDF, Word, .txt, .xlsx) as well as for OCR conversion from physical documents
- Printing, Downloading and Emailing
•    Provide unlimited printing, downloading, and emailing of documents at no additional charge.

- Contract Period/Term: 5 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: September 22, 2025