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
- 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
- Not following Chrome best practices
- Issues with detecting and splitting combined PDFs
- Limited support for appellate courts
- Difficulty finding uploaded files occasionally
- 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)
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RECAP requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
RECAP is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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