The Challenge: A Struggle with Growth & Performance
Free Law Project, a U.S.-based non-profit, had a mission: democratize access to legal data and ensure transparency in the judicial system. However, as the demand for their open legal database surged, their legacy infrastructure struggled to keep pace.
The organization faced mounting challenges as it attempted to manage an overwhelming volume of legal data, including over 2.5 million minutes of oral argument recordings, more than 16,000 judges, and 6.6 million legal opinions, along with various other primary legal documents. Their on-premise system lacked the scalability to handle increasing traffic from law firms, researchers, and the public, leading to slow query responses and frequent downtime that hindered user experience. Manual data processing and maintenance consumed valuable time, diverting focus from innovation.
As a non-profit, Free Law Project also had to operate within financial constraints while ensuring its platform remained powerful and cost-efficient. With a vision to scale operations while maintaining affordability, they turned to Datamatics for a robust cloud migration strategy.
