14. A method for applying legal analytics, the method comprising: accessing a source of legal information; retrieving legal data from the source of legal information; recognizing words in the legal data by performing word recognition on the legal data; identifying, based on recognized words, references to legal events in the legal data; identifying portions of the legal data that include a reference to a legal event; associating at least some of the portions with a first metadata element corresponding to the legal event referenced in each portion, wherein a plurality of metadata elements of different types are generated for at least one of the portions; constructing a database that includes the legal data and is searchable by legal event; receiving input from a user specifying search parameters that are used to identify a segment of the legal data, the search parameters including one or more metadata elements that specify one or more legal events; identifying, based on one or more of the recognized words, references to legal entities within the portions of the legal data; identifying a first portion, within the portions of the legal data, in which a reference to a legal entity was found; associating the first portion with a second metadata element corresponding to the legal entity referenced in the first portion; applying legal analytics to the segment of the legal data; and presenting analytic results to the user.
14. A method for applying legal analytics, the method comprising: accessing a source of legal information; retrieving legal data from the source of legal information; recognizing words in the legal data by performing word recognition on the legal data; identifying, based on recognized words, references to legal events in the legal data; identifying portions of the legal data that include a reference to a legal event; associating at least some of the portions with a first metadata element corresponding to the legal event referenced in each portion, wherein a plurality of metadata elements of different types are generated for at least one of the portions; constructing a database that includes the legal data and is searchable by legal event; receiving input from a user specifying search parameters that are used to identify a segment of the legal data, the search parameters including one or more metadata elements that specify one or more legal events; identifying, based on one or more of the recognized words, references to legal entities within the portions of the legal data; identifying a first portion, within the portions of the legal data, in which a reference to a legal entity was found; associating the first portion with a second metadata element corresponding to the legal entity referenced in the first portion; applying legal analytics to the segment of the legal data; and presenting analytic results to the user. 15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising: receiving input from an administrator manually modifying the legal data or inputting supplemental data.