What is RECAP?
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This extension was created in 2009 at Princeton and is now run by Free Law Project, a non-profit that's working to improve the American legal system. Please join us in our mission of making the legal system more equitable and competitive.
If you use PACER, this free extension will save you money. Every document you purchase will be uploaded to the "RECAP Archive" and every document others have purchased since 2009 will be available to you for free as you use PACER.
You can use this extension to create email alerts for federal dockets.
This extension has already added millions of federal filings to the Internet Archive and to a searchable archive at https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/.
As of 2021, we have nearly 500 tons of filings, if they were all printed on single-sided paper.
The more people that use this extension, the more money we all save. Help your friends by uploading content and tell them to install RECAP for you too.
RECAP has four main features. First, when you purchase an item on PACER, RECAP anonymously uploads that item to our archive hosted at https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/ where it can be searched or downloaded for free by others.
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- Helps save money on PACER fees
- Community-supported and contributes to public access to legal documents
- Lightweight and easy to use with nice bonus features
- Warns users when documents are already archived, saving time and effort
- Not currently supported and may not follow Chrome best practices
- Issues with uploading certain types of PDF documents
- Limited support for appellate courts
- Help save $$$ on PACER
- Easy to use and lightweight
- Community-supported extension
- Warns about archived documents
- Document upload issues
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RECAP is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install RECAP if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
RECAP is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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