freelawproject/juriscraper

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An API to scrape American court websites for metadata.

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In the last 30 days, freelawproject/juriscraper merged 34 of 51 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars: 642
Forks: 175
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 291
Avg merge: 2d 3h
Merged PRs (30d): 41

Dominant language: HTML
License: BSD-2-Clause
Last GitHub push: Oct 5, 2026
Latest indexed: Oct 6, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

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`arizctapp_div_2` returns zero items: recent opinions page redesigned
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2367 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 29, 2026

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Backscrape `flaag` 2011-12-10 → present
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florida

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 44/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2359 · Opened Oct 22, 2026

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New scraper: `flaag` (Florida Attorney General opinions)
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florida

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2358 · Opened Oct 22, 2026

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Backscrape `laag` 2011-12-01 → present
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lousiana

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 56/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2356 · Opened Oct 22, 2026

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New scraper: `laag` (Louisiana Attorney General opinions)
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lousiana

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2355 · Opened Oct 22, 2026

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Backscrape `arkag` 2012 → present
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arkansas

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 38/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2354 · Opened Oct 22, 2026

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New scraper: `arkag` (Arkansas Attorney General opinions)
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arkansas

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2353 · Opened Oct 22, 2026

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Triage new scraper gaps
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2322 · Opened Oct 19, 2026

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New scraper: nh 3JX final orders
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2315 · Opened Oct 17, 2026

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Fill nh_p and nh_u gaps
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2314 · Opened Oct 17, 2026

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Adding eeoc and MSPB cases
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2313 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 17, 2026

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Backscrape nmariana
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northern mariana territories

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2312 · Opened Oct 16, 2026

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Add the Superior Court for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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new scraper northern mariana territories

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2294 · Opened Oct 9, 2026

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HTTPError: 500 for ursl: http://ecf.ganb.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/WrtOpRpt.pl?
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georgia

freelawproject/juriscraper#2272 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 1, 2026

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Parsing a RECAP email from court mssb without tests
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mississippi

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2271 · Opened Oct 1, 2026

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502 Server Error responses goes unhandled
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2256 · 15 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 30, 2026

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`cadc` media endpoint returning '503 Service Unavailable' for over a day
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dc

freelawproject/juriscraper#2255 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 30, 2026

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Multiple 404 from isc.idaho.gov
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idaho

freelawproject/juriscraper#2254 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 30, 2026

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Backscrape NY misc courts
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2244 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 29, 2026

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`nysupct` stalled from March 30, 2026
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Difficulty 4/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2242 · Opened Sep 28, 2026

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Oral argument audio for California, Arizona and Arkansas appellate courts (all on Granicus)
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 47/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2234 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 25, 2026

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Centralized issue of blocked scrapers
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bot-detection ip-block scraper blocked

freelawproject/juriscraper#2229 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 24, 2026

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Scrapers appear stalled: NY trial courts (since ~Mar 2026), Tex. App. 5th/14th/12th districts
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2225 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 23, 2026

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InsanityException: Cluster has 2 MAJORITY opinions, expected at most 1 [{'download_urls': 'https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=d8e6a9e8-bc32-4433-afe1-4238340695b2&coa=coa03&DT=Opinion&MediaID=8c530409-2166-43e8-8257-16846cbfeec8', 'types': '020lea...
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2218 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 22, 2026

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Further steps for Juriscraper now that static type checking is active
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2203 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 16, 2026

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ParserError: Document is empty
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2200 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026

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ValueError: Unicode strings with encoding declaration are not supported. Please use bytes input or XML fragments without declaration.
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2199 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026

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ValueError: pacer_doc_id 127ee86a-45a0-f111-b8dc-001dd80ef717 prefix has court_id nysd, expected ca9
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2198 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026

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TypeError: object of type 'coroutine' has no len()
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bug

freelawproject/juriscraper#2187 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026

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ValueError: pacer_doc_id 112112123000 prefix has court_id neb, expected nebraskab
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bug

freelawproject/juriscraper#2186 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026

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IndexError: list index out of range
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2185 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026

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juriscraper.opinions.united_states.state.tenncrimapp: Returned with zero items, but should have results.
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tennessee

freelawproject/juriscraper#2184 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026

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`supremecourt.ohio.gov`: issue with parsing PDFs
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ohio

freelawproject/juriscraper#2176 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 10, 2026

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Transient TransportError failures for reaching DOCTOR_HOST
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2173 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 9, 2026

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`uscourts.gov`: Unable to download PDF from uscourts.gov
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2172 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 8, 2026

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`minn` scrapers blocked by Radware Bot Manager captcha
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bot-detection minnesota

freelawproject/juriscraper#2171 · 5 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 8, 2026

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`txcourts.gov`: recurring pdf failing to parse
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texas

freelawproject/juriscraper#2170 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 8, 2026

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Proposal: scraper for the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office (AAO)
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2165 · Opened Sep 7, 2026

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Refactor Cognito / DynamoDB client code
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2164 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 3, 2026

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Reduce burden over ca9's DynamoDB tables with Query endpoint
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2163 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 3, 2026

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Reconsider `follow_redirections()`
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2157 · Opened Aug 29, 2026

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CA4: ~75 duplicate dockets created in 2026 from consolidated case opinions
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2154 · Opened Aug 27, 2026

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orctapp: duplicate clusters, plus citations that change after publication
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2153 · Opened Aug 26, 2026

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Backscrape Florida courts to fill pagination bug gaps
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freelawproject/juriscraper#2151 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 26, 2026

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`backscrape_*` parameters in `bap9` are not as optional as they seem
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Difficulty 4/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2139 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 15, 2026

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Keep `AbstractSite.chrome_version` up to date automatically
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2133 · Opened Aug 15, 2026

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`ACMS*Report` is probably broken
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 57/100

freelawproject/juriscraper#2115 · Opened Aug 7, 2026

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Washington (acdoc) scraper
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research state content

freelawproject/juriscraper#2065 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 3, 2026

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Vermont scraper
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research state content

freelawproject/juriscraper#2066 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 3, 2026

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Tennessee scraper
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research state content

freelawproject/juriscraper#2067 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 3, 2026

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