JURIS Legal Information

What JURIS Legal Information does

JURIS Legal Information, operated as Juris Publishing LLC, is a specialty legal publishing company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Huntington, USA, with 11-50 employees. The company distributes authoritative legal content — with deep specialization in international arbitration and dispute resolution — through its e-commerce platform jurispub.com and the dedicated ArbitrationLaw.com vertical. Its catalog comprises 350+ book titles, 10,000+ PDF chapters and articles, 200+ exclusive proprietary arbitration treatises and practice manuals, and 14+ cutting-edge legal journals, all available in print and digital formats.

The technology layer is a direct-to-consumer publishing platform rather than an AI-augmented research tool: it supports PDF download delivery, online journal subscription access (IP-based and user-based), multi-user/multi-site licensing, and a standalone ArbitrationLaw database for arbitration research. Products are authored by "eminent authorities" curated through the company's editorial relationships, which function as the primary production pipeline. The company is founder-led by CEO Michael Kitzen and operates without disclosed institutional investors, venture backing, or parent company.

JURIS generates revenue across five streams: one-time book and chapter sales ($25-$595 per book, ~$40 per chapter PDF), recurring journal subscriptions on automatic renewal, standing order programs for updates/supplements (with tiered 5-20% discounts), online access subscriptions, and multi-user corporate licensing (+50% to +100% premiums). The customer base spans legal practitioners and law firms (primary), academic institutions and law schools, corporate legal departments, and law libraries, with a distribution footprint covering North America, the UK, Brazil, Russia, and Israel. Geographic distribution is global in reach but small in absolute scale, consistent with a niche specialty publisher.

Name

JURIS Legal Information

Legal name

Juris Publishing LLC

Website

https://jurispub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JURIS Legal Information (Juris Publishing LLC) is a US-based specialty legal publisher founded in 1994 that distributes 350+ legal titles, 10,000+ PDF chapters, and 200+ arbitration treatises to practitioners, law firms, academic institutions, and law libraries through its e-commerce platform and standing-order subscription programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal & Regulatory Publishing (Case Law, Statutes, Treatises) (MPAJACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Law & Legal Studies Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAG), Legal Reference (Statutes, Case Law, Practice Guides) (EDAGAGAB), Law & Legal Studies (EDAGABAH)

Keywords

• Legal publishing
• Arbitration law books
• International law journals
• Legal reference databases
• Dispute resolution publications

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: One-time purchases of hardcover, paperback, and PDF format legal publications ranging from single chapters to comprehensive treatises.
2. Journal Subscriptions: Automatic invoice renewal subscriptions for journals with current and archival article access, billed at subscription renewal periods.
3. Standing Orders: Automatic delivery program for future releases, updates, supplements, and new editions. Print standing orders receive free updates within 3 months, 20% off for 9 months, then 5% discount. Digital standing orders receive 10% discount.
4. Online Access Subscriptions: IP-based and user-based subscriptions to arbitration databases and online legal resources.
5. Multi-User Licensing: Licensing options for single-user, multi-user (single location, +50%), and multi-site (all locations, +100%) corporate access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

JURIS Legal Information, operated by Juris Publishing LLC, is an online legal publishing company that sells authoritative law books, journals, and treatises in print and PDF formats. Its flagship offering is the ArbitrationLaw database, providing subscription-based online access to more than 200 exclusive proprietary treatises, practice manuals, and journals focused on international and U.S. arbitration and dispute resolution. The company also distributes 10,000+ downloadable PDF chapters and articles, operates standing order programs for automatic delivery of updates, and supports multi-user institutional licensing for law firms, law libraries, academic institutions, and corporate legal departments.

Product overview

JURIS Legal Information is a legal publishing company operated by Juris Publishing LLC that provides comprehensive legal information through multiple distribution channels. The core offering consists of a Bookstore (selling law books and journals in print and PDF), a Chapters & Articles service (offering 10,000+ PDF chapters and articles for immediate download), Journals (with more than a dozen cutting-edge legal publications), and an ArbitrationLaw Database (providing online access to 200+ proprietary treatises and practice manuals for international and U.S. arbitration research). Additional services include Online Access subscriptions, Standing Order programs for automatic delivery of updates, and Digital Standing Order options with discounts. The company focuses on authoritative legal information written by eminent authorities, with materials available for purchase through their e-commerce platform at jurispub.com.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ArbitrationLaw.com: Dedicated arbitration-dedicated database offering complete archival access to top-ranked arbitration journals and books by leading practitioners in the field of arbitration and dispute resolution
• Juris Arbitration Law Online Library

Products and services

• JURIS Bookstore

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Thomson Reuters (Westlaw): Thomson Reuters operates Westlaw, the dominant legal research and publishing platform serving law firms, corporate legal departments, and academic institutions globally. JURIS competes by offering more specialized and exclusive arbitration content that Westlaw aggregates but does not originate.
• Bloomberg Law: Bloomberg Law provides integrated legal research, treatises, and practice tools targeted at law firm and in-house counsel. Its integrated platform model contrasts with JURIS's standalone publishing approach but addresses overlapping customer needs.
• LexisNexis (RELX): LexisNexis is a global legal information and publishing platform providing case law, statutes, treatises, and analytical content across all practice areas. Like Westlaw, it competes with JURIS across the legal publishing stack, particularly in research and secondary materials.
• Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory: Wolters Kluwer publishes professional legal information, treatises, and practice guides across multiple jurisdictions and practice areas. Its Aspen Publishers and CCH imprints overlap directly with JURIS's treatise-based business model.

Direct peers

• HeinOnline: HeinOnline is a digital legal research database specializing in historical and current law journals, treatises, and government documents. Its subscription-based delivery model and focus on legal scholarship closely mirror JURIS's online access and journal subscription products.
• Oxford University Press (Law): Oxford University Press's Law division publishes scholarly legal treatises, journals, and reference works with a strong international arbitration catalog. It is one of the most direct comparables in terms of academic legal publishing and treatise production.
• Edward Elgar Publishing: Edward Elgar is a specialty academic publisher focused on law, economics, and social sciences, with strong international arbitration and dispute resolution content. Its catalog scope and target audience are highly comparable to JURIS's treatise portfolio.
• Hart Publishing (Bloomsbury): Hart Publishing, now part of Bloomsbury, is a specialist legal academic publisher producing treatises, textbooks, and journals in international and commercial law. It serves the same scholarly legal community as JURIS.
• Cambridge University Press (Law): Cambridge University Press publishes academic and professional law books and journals, including significant international and comparative law coverage. It overlaps with JURIS in serving academic institutions and producing scholarly treatises.

Others

• JurisNet: Jura Mulberry Publishing and other niche international law publishers serve overlapping niches with JURIS in international arbitration content. Independent academic legal publishers more broadly represent the closest analog in business model and scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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