Casenoter pledges 10% of all gross revenue to support Legal Information Institutes in developing countries — the organisations that provide free online access to legislation, case law, and legal scholarship in regions where it would otherwise be inaccessible.

This isn’t a future aspiration. It’s written into Casenoter’s terms from day one, audited by Mann Judd accountants, and will activate as soon as there is revenue to contribute. The contribution can take the form of direct financial support or services and resources provided to these organisations.

In Australia, we take AustLII for granted. Every lawyer, every student, every member of the public can access legislation and case law for free, instantly. It’s so embedded in how we work that we forget it’s unusual.

In much of the world, that access doesn’t exist. The Free Access to Law Movement (FALM) is the global network of organisations working to change that — building the digital infrastructure that makes law accessible to everyone, not just those who can afford commercial databases.

If we benefit from free access to law here, we should help extend it to people who don’t have it.

These institutes are part of the global Free Access to Law Movement—the same network that created AustLII, CanLII, BAILII, and other LIIs that legal professionals rely on daily. The movement is built on a simple principle: public legal information should be freely accessible to all.

Unlike commercial legal databases, LIIs operate on university budgets and rely on support from the legal community. Casenoter's contribution helps fund server infrastructure, digitisation of historical materials, and the ongoing work of making the law accessible to everyone—not just those who can afford expensive subscriptions.