My library gives me all this. Why would I use CaseSharp?

You may not need to. Your library's databases and the free sources cover almost every research job, and CaseSharp doesn't try to. It does one thing: it checks the case citations in your own draft against court records and links you to read each case. If JADE Professional already does that for you, keep using it.

Can I use Protégé, Harvey or other AI tools in my assignments?

Your unit outline decides, and the rule can differ between assessments in the same unit. Read it before you use any tool, including CaseSharp, and say what you used where your unit asks you to. CaseSharp's citation check uses no generative AI.

What happens to these tools when I finish my degree?

Database licences belong to your university, so ask your library what you keep as a graduate. AustLII, JADE's free tier and the court and legislation sites stay free. A free CaseSharp account stays open until you delete it.

My university isn't listed. Where do I start?

With your library's law guide, which will list what your university licenses. The free sources on this page work wherever you study, and CaseSharp works the same for every student.

Is CaseSharp connected to any of these universities?

No. CaseSharp is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any university named on this site. There are no partnerships, no site licences and no institutional agreements to disclose. If that changes, this page will say so plainly.

For Australian law students

What your university already gives you.

Your library already pays for Lexis+ and Westlaw, and some law schools now add AI research tools. Here is what ten law schools say on their own library pages, with the library's own link to open each one.

Checked: 13 October 2026, on each school's public library pages
Lexis+ and Westlaw: Listed by all 10 libraries
AI research tools: Named in public at 3 of 10: USYD, UQ, UTS

School by school

All ten libraries list Lexis+ and Westlaw; the links open each library's own entry for them. What differs is how you get JADE Professional, and which AI research tools a school has named in public.

KeyThe library says howThe library doesn't say, so ask JADENone named in public

What each school's public pages say, read on 13 October 2026. Sign in on the library's side with your university account.
Law school	Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library	JADE Professional	Generative AI research tools	Read from
USYDSydney, New South Wales	Lexis+ (opens University of Sydney Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens University of Sydney Library catalogue: Westlaw Precision Australia)	The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.	ProtégéWestlaw Precision AIHarvey	Library guide: University of Sydney Library: LawChecked 13 October 2026
UNSWSydney, New South Wales	Lexis+ (opens UNSW Library catalogue: Lexis+ CaseBase)Westlaw (opens UNSW Library catalogue: Westlaw Australia, Cases)	The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.	None named in public	Library guide: UNSW Library: Searching in Law, Case lawChecked 13 October 2026
MelbourneMelbourne, Victoria	Lexis+ (opens University of Melbourne Library Search: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens University of Melbourne Library Search: Westlaw Australia)	Email editors@jade.io from your UniMelb address	None named in public	Library guide: Melbourne Law School Library: Research databases A to ZChecked 13 October 2026
MonashMelbourne, Victoria	Lexis+ (opens Monash University Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens Monash University Library catalogue: Westlaw Australia)	Fill in the student form the library links to	None named in public	Library guide: Monash University Library: Researching casesChecked 13 October 2026
UQBrisbane, Queensland	Lexis+ (opens UQ Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens UQ Library catalogue: Westlaw Australia)	The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.	Protégé	Library guide: UQ Library: Legal research guide, Case lawChecked 13 October 2026
ANUCanberra, Australian Capital Territory	Lexis+ (opens ANU Library databases A to Z: Lexis+)Westlaw (opens ANU Library databases A to Z: Westlaw AU)	The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.	None named in public	Library guide: ANU Library: LawChecked 13 October 2026
MacquarieSydney, New South Wales	Lexis+ (opens Macquarie University Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens Macquarie University Library catalogue: Westlaw Australia)	The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.	None named in public	Library guide: Macquarie University Library: Law, CasesChecked 13 October 2026
UTSSydney, New South Wales	Lexis+ (opens UTS Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens UTS Library catalogue: Westlaw AU)	The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.	Harvey	Library guide: UTS Library: Case Law, Searching for Australian casesChecked 13 October 2026
QUTBrisbane, Queensland	Lexis+ (opens QUT Library databases A to Z: Lexis+)Westlaw (opens QUT Library databases A to Z: Westlaw (Australia))	The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.	None named in public	Library guide: QUT Library: Getting started in Law, CasesChecked 13 October 2026
DeakinVictoria, and online	Lexis+ (opens Deakin Library databases A to Z: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens Deakin Library databases A to Z: Westlaw Australia)	The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.	None named in public	Library guide: Deakin Library: Researching Case Law, Case citatorsChecked 13 October 2026

USYD
Sydney, New South Wales
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens University of Sydney Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens University of Sydney Library catalogue: Westlaw Precision Australia)
JADE Professional
The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.
Generative AI research tools
ProtégéWestlaw Precision AIHarvey
Read from the library guide: University of Sydney Library: Law on 13 October 2026.
UNSW
Sydney, New South Wales
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens UNSW Library catalogue: Lexis+ CaseBase)Westlaw (opens UNSW Library catalogue: Westlaw Australia, Cases)
JADE Professional
The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.
Generative AI research tools
None named in public
Read from the library guide: UNSW Library: Searching in Law, Case law on 13 October 2026.
Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens University of Melbourne Library Search: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens University of Melbourne Library Search: Westlaw Australia)
JADE Professional
Email editors@jade.io from your UniMelb address
Generative AI research tools
None named in public
Read from the library guide: Melbourne Law School Library: Research databases A to Z on 13 October 2026.
Monash
Melbourne, Victoria
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens Monash University Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens Monash University Library catalogue: Westlaw Australia)
JADE Professional
Fill in the student form the library links to
Generative AI research tools
None named in public
Read from the library guide: Monash University Library: Researching cases on 13 October 2026.
UQ
Brisbane, Queensland
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens UQ Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens UQ Library catalogue: Westlaw Australia)
JADE Professional
The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.
Generative AI research tools
Protégé
Read from the library guide: UQ Library: Legal research guide, Case law on 13 October 2026.
ANU
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens ANU Library databases A to Z: Lexis+)Westlaw (opens ANU Library databases A to Z: Westlaw AU)
JADE Professional
The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.
Generative AI research tools
None named in public
Read from the library guide: ANU Library: Law on 13 October 2026.
Macquarie
Sydney, New South Wales
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens Macquarie University Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens Macquarie University Library catalogue: Westlaw Australia)
JADE Professional
The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.
Generative AI research tools
None named in public
Read from the library guide: Macquarie University Library: Law, Cases on 13 October 2026.
UTS
Sydney, New South Wales
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens UTS Library catalogue: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens UTS Library catalogue: Westlaw AU)
JADE Professional
The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.
Generative AI research tools
Harvey
Read from the library guide: UTS Library: Case Law, Searching for Australian cases on 13 October 2026.
QUT
Brisbane, Queensland
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens QUT Library databases A to Z: Lexis+)Westlaw (opens QUT Library databases A to Z: Westlaw (Australia))
JADE Professional
The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.
Generative AI research tools
None named in public
Read from the library guide: QUT Library: Getting started in Law, Cases on 13 October 2026.
Deakin
Victoria, and online
Lexis+ and Westlaw, from your library
Lexis+ (opens Deakin Library databases A to Z: Lexis+ Australia)Westlaw (opens Deakin Library databases A to Z: Westlaw Australia)
JADE Professional
The library doesn't say. Check at jade.io with your university email.
Generative AI research tools
None named in public
Read from the library guide: Deakin Library: Researching Case Law, Case citators on 13 October 2026.

How to get in

Open it from your library
Start from the library's own link: the buttons on these pages, or the library's database list. Library links are set up for your university's sign-in.
Sign in as a student
Use your university account when the database asks. Some sign-in screens ask for your institution first: for Westlaw AU, ANU's Law Library says to choose Access through Australian academic institutions at the bottom of the screen.
Read from ANU Library: Law
Read your unit outline before any AI tool
Protégé, Westlaw's AI research features and Harvey are generative AI. Your unit outline decides whether you may use them in an assessment, and whether you must say that you did.

Free to everyone, no login

These work wherever you study, on any device, and after you graduate. All ten library guides we read list AustLII.

Read a judgment

Read Commonwealth legislation

Federal Register of Legislationlegislation.gov.auCommonwealth Acts and legislative instruments, from the official register.

In New South Wales

In Victoria

Victorian legislationlegislation.vic.gov.auVictorian Acts and statutory rules, from the official site. For Victorian judgments, use AustLII or JADE.

In Queensland

In the Australian Capital Territory

Which tool for which job

Most research jobs belong to your library's databases or the free sources. CaseSharp has one row.

Through your library loginFree to anyoneFree to many law studentsGenerative AI

Read a case in its authorised report
- Westlaw (holds the CLR), through your library login
- Lexis+ (most state series), through your library login
Find commentary or an encyclopaedia entry
- Halsbury's Laws of Australia, in Lexis+, through your library login
- The Laws of Australia, in Westlaw, through your library login
See how later cases treated a case
- CaseBase, in Lexis+, through your library login
- KeyCite, in Westlaw, through your library login
- LawCite, on AustLII, free to anyone
- JADE, free to anyone
Read a judgment or an Act without a login
- AustLII, free to anyone
- JADE, free to anyone
- The official court and legislation sites, free to anyone
Check the case citations in your own draftThe one job CaseSharp does
- CaseSharp citation check (beta), free to anyone
- JADE Professional document upload, free to many law students
Ask a research question in plain English
- Protégé, Westlaw Precision AI or Harvey, where your school licenses one and your unit allows it, generative ai

Where CaseSharp fits

One narrow job, beside your library.

CaseSharp checks the case citations in your own draft against court records, then links you to read each case on the court's site, AustLII or JADE. Nothing about it depends on your university, and it uses no generative AI, at any step.

Matches our recordDiffers from our recordNot in our records

Try a check, no account

Paste up to 10 footnotes. Nothing is stored. Or create a free account and check 3 drafts a month, free.

It does

Matches each case's name, year, report and court against our records
Gives each case citation one of three labels
Links you to the judgment on the court's site, AustLII or JADE
Leaves the call to you: you confirm each authority yourself

It doesn't

Hold commentary, journals or authorised report text. Your library does.
Tell you how later cases treated a case. A citator does.
Hold all Australian case law. “Not in our records” never means a case is wrong. What CaseSharp holds
Write, rewrite or suggest anything in your assignment

Already have JADE Professional?

JADE Professional lets you upload a legal document and check its citations. If that does the job for you, you don't need CaseSharp. JADE Professional features

How we checked

We read each school's public library pages, and the public announcements named on each page, on 13 October 2026. We only list what those pages say. Libraries change what they license, often at the start of a year or semester, so the library's own page always wins over this one.

Spotted something out of date? Email hello@casesharp.ai with a link to the library page and we'll correct it.

Independence

CaseSharp is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any university named on this site. University names are used only to describe who a page is written for.

No logos, no crests, no partnerships. Nobody paid to be on these pages.

Questions students ask

My library gives me all this. Why would I use CaseSharp?: You may not need to. Your library's databases and the free sources cover almost every research job, and CaseSharp doesn't try to. It does one thing: it checks the case citations in your own draft against court records and links you to read each case. If JADE Professional already does that for you, keep using it.
Can I use Protégé, Harvey or other AI tools in my assignments?: Your unit outline decides, and the rule can differ between assessments in the same unit. Read it before you use any tool, including CaseSharp, and say what you used where your unit asks you to. CaseSharp's citation check uses no generative AI.
What happens to these tools when I finish my degree?: Database licences belong to your university, so ask your library what you keep as a graduate. AustLII, JADE's free tier and the court and legislation sites stay free. A free CaseSharp account stays open until you delete it.
My university isn't listed. Where do I start?: With your library's law guide, which will list what your university licenses. The free sources on this page work wherever you study, and CaseSharp works the same for every student.
Is CaseSharp connected to any of these universities?: No. CaseSharp is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any university named on this site. There are no partnerships, no site licences and no institutional agreements to disclose. If that changes, this page will say so plainly.