Compass Law
Compass was established in 2016 following the acquisition of
Maritime Law Book’s Canadian case law collection.
It continued stewardship of the publisher’s judgments, editorial
resources and relationships with Canadian courts.
- 2017: Investments from vLex and Justia supported the expansion of Compass’s legal research services.
- 2020: Compass supplied the founding collection for the Legal Innovation Data Institute, enabling broader access to legal data for research and development.
- 2022: Compass and AltaML announced Jurisage, a joint venture combining Canadian legal data, legal expertise and artificial intelligence.
- 2023: Jurisage merged with CiteRight, bringing together legal research, AI and litigation drafting tools.
In 2026, Clio acquired Jurisage to support its expansion into
Canadian legal AI.
The acquisition carried forward the Maritime Law Book collection
that Compass had preserved and developed over the preceding decade.
