RECAP

RECAP improves the experience of using PACER, the online public access system for the U.S. federal courts.

What is RECAP?

RECAP is a Chrome extension that revolutionizes how users interact with the U.S. Federal Courts' PACER system. By offering free availability of documents purchased since 2009, enabling email alerts for federal dockets, and adding federal filings to the searchable RECAP Archive, it provides an incredibly enriched, money-saving experience. It preserves bought items for historical records while maintaining compatibility with ECF logins.

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Extension stats

By: https://free.law

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.65 (49)

Version: 2.8.1 (Last updated: 2024-09-13)

Creation date: 2020-06-19

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Overrides search engine: Yes

Permissions:

notifications
storage
unlimitedStorage
activeTab
tabs
cookies
scripting

Host permissions:

*://*.uscourts.gov/
*://ca1-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca2-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca3-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca4-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca5-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca6-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca7-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca8-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/
*://ca9-showdoc.azurewebsites.us/

Size: 1.53M

Email: in*****@free.law

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 5832 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#10916 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 14

#18 in purchase keyword 12 ▼ 4

#22 in legal keyword 5

#44 in sheets erweiterung keyword 21 ▲ 81

#53 in will keyword 6 ▲ 4

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Other platforms

RECAP (v2.8.1)

4.76

(17) 2,148+

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Extension summary

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Key points:

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.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helps save money on PACER
Lightweight and easy to use
Community-supported and contributes to archiving
Warns users when resources are already archived
Provides a way to share legal documents for free

Cons

Not following Chrome best practices
Issues with detecting and splitting combined PDFs
Limited support for appellate courts
Difficulty finding uploaded files occasionally

Most mentioned

Saving money on PACER
Lightweight and easy to use
Community support and contribution
Document archiving capabilities
Need for better functionality (e.g., excluding certain document types)

Recent reviews

Ryan McGeary, 2024-09-25

Peter Kelford, 2024-09-22

I am not downloading the extension, so this isn't exactly a review of it but rather the process; the reason I'm not downloading is that I've been warned that it is not being supported because it doesn't follow Chrome best practices, as well as the mixed reviews I'm seeing from those who have. Why wouldn't it follow best practices? Presumably these are there for consumer protection, or at least not harmful. Any other ideas?