PlainLaw - Legal Reference

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About this app

PlainLaw is your complete legal reference companion, written in plain English for everyone — no law degree required.

Free Features
- Browse all major US legal topics in plain language
- Criminal law, contract law, civil rights, family law, employment, immigration, and more
- Know Your Rights guides for everyday situations
- Legal dictionary with 1,000+ terms
- Jurisdiction selector — auto-detects your location
- Offline-first: everything works without internet

Premium Features ($4.99 one-time)
- Full access to all free modules + deep-dive content
- State-by-state law comparisons
- Expanded legal dictionary
- Legal calculators (statute of limitations, damages, deadlines)
- Citation reference guide

Pro Features (Subscription)
- Full US Constitution with annotations (all 27 amendments)
- Complete Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) & Evidence (FRE)
- 50 landmark SCOTUS cases with plain-English summaries
- Federal court directory — all 94 district courts + 13 circuit courts
- State court systems — all 50 states
- Judicial profiles — current SCOTUS justices
- International law — UN, ICC, UNCLOS, WTO, regional courts
- 15-country legal profiles
- Legal writing guide + citation formats
- Circuit split tracker
- Practice area guides (litigation, corporate, real estate, family, immigration)

Who is PlainLaw for?
- Individuals navigating legal situations
- Law students studying for exams
- Paralegals and legal assistants
- Journalists and researchers
- Anyone who wants to understand the law

No account required. No data collected. Core content works without internet.
Updated on
May 19, 2026

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What’s new

• Expanded legal glossary to 1,000+ terms across Criminal, Civil, Contract, Property, Constitutional, Family, Employment, Business, Immigration, Bankruptcy, and
more
• Improved glossary search — now finds terms across all categories
• Bug fixes and performance improvements