18. A method for applying legal analytics, the method comprising: accessing a source of legal information; retrieving legal data from the source of legal information; performing word recognition on the legal data; automatically normalizing inaccuracies discovered in the legal data; after normalizing the legal data, receiving input from an administrator to input supplemental legal data that adds a legal outcome for which no metadata element has been previously generated and modify the legal data; identifying, based on any recognized words, references to various legal entities in the legal data; identifying portions of the legal data that include at least one reference; associating each of the portions with a metadata element corresponding to the at least one legal entity referenced in each portion; and constructing a database that includes the legal data and metadata elements, wherein the database is searchable by legal entity; allowing a user to specify search parameters that are used to identify a segment of the legal data; applying legal analytics to the segment of the legal data; and presenting analytic results to the user.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the analytic results are presented to the user via a graphical user interface.