Free API access for legal aid.
The full US primary law API, free for verified nonprofit legal aid and public interest organizations. Statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions for all 50 states, DC and the five US territories.
1.4 million
civil legal problems reach a legal aid organization's door every year without getting any or enough help.
Remaining 29% received the help they needed to resolve the problem.
Legal Services Corporation, 2022 Justice Gap Study (2021 Intake Census)That is not a demand estimate. It is Legal Services Corporation's own intake data: legal aid organizations could not fully help with 71% of the problems that reached them, because they ran out of resources, not because the problems were not real.
We've talked with legal aid nonprofits trying to build AI tools to stretch a small team further. Nearly every one hit the same wall: the statutes, regulations and court rules they need are public domain, but turning them into a shape software can use costs money, and the quotes were priced for a corporate legal budget. A nonprofit with no line item for data infrastructure was paying the same rate as a company with a procurement team.
That part is fixable. So we fixed it.
To be direct about scope: this doesn't close the justice gap. Data was never legal aid's biggest constraint, staffing is, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. It removes one line item that shouldn't have existed for organizations already stretched thin.
The same service, free
Verified nonprofits get the same API as every paying customer, not a limited or delayed tier.
The full corpus
The complete US Code, the CFR, all 56 state and territory codes, state and federal constitutions, court rules, and Executive Orders. Nothing held back for the free tier.
5,000 free credits every month
Enough for sustained daily use by a small team. Usage beyond that is discounted for verified nonprofits, not cut off, email us for the exact rate.
REST API and MCP server
The same two ways to call the API that every developer gets: REST endpoints and native MCP tools for Claude, Cursor, and VS Code.
No procurement cycle
No sales call, no contract negotiation, no minimum commitment. Verify nonprofit status, get a key.
Section-level citations
Every result cited and linked to its official government source, so what you build can be verified by anyone who checks.
Same docs, same support
Full API reference, quickstart guides, and the same support channel as every other customer.
How to get access
Tell us about your organization
Send your org name, mission, and a contact email, either through the form below or directly to contact@vaquill.ai.
Confirm nonprofit / legal aid status
Reply with your 501(c)(3) determination letter (US orgs) or equivalent nonprofit, NGO, or legal aid registration for orgs outside the US.
We turn the key on
Same API, same corpus, same docs as every paid customer. No procurement cycle, no sales call.