Lexis is best described as which of the following?

• A. A type of court filing system.
• B. One of the two largest commercial online legal research services, alongside Westlaw, providing access to case law, statutes, and secondary sources.
• C. A software for accounting in law firms.
• D. A form of fare for legal research services.

Answer: (B)

Lexis is best described as one of the two largest online legal research services, along with Westlaw, that gives lawyers access to case law, statutes, regulations, and secondary sources. It started as a research database and now functions as a comprehensive platform for locating authorities, verifying citations, and consulting treatises and practice guides. It’s not a court filing system, not accounting software, and not a fare for services. In practice, a user searches topics or specific authorities to retrieve relevant opinions, statutes, and secondary materials to support analysis or drafting. This distinguishes it from tools that handle filings or billing.