1. An online legal research system, the system comprising: a case management system of a law firm configured to maintain an editable document related to a first legal case and identification information for the editable document, the identification information identifying the first legal case and an activity associated with the first legal case to which the editable document relates; a client access device configured to access the editable document from the case management system via a word processor application over a first network and to determine the identification information that identifies the first legal case and the activity to which the editable document relates, the client access device further configured to transmit at least a portion of the identification information including the activity over a second network; and a server coupled to one or more databases storing court documents of second legal cases, the server configured to communicate with the client access device over the second network to receive the portion of the identification information, the server further configured to conduct a search of at least one of the databases based on the received portion and to return to the client access device one or more court documents of at least one second legal case that are relevant to the activity of the first legal case.
1. An online legal research system, the system comprising: a case management system of a law firm configured to maintain an editable document related to a first legal case and identification information for the editable document, the identification information identifying the first legal case and an activity associated with the first legal case to which the editable document relates; a client access device configured to access the editable document from the case management system via a word processor application over a first network and to determine the identification information that identifies the first legal case and the activity to which the editable document relates, the client access device further configured to transmit at least a portion of the identification information including the activity over a second network; and a server coupled to one or more databases storing court documents of second legal cases, the server configured to communicate with the client access device over the second network to receive the portion of the identification information, the server further configured to conduct a search of at least one of the databases based on the received portion and to return to the client access device one or more court documents of at least one second legal case that are relevant to the activity of the first legal case. 5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the editable document includes a template or a document type associated with the activity.