law.judge-lookup

CourtListener federal judge lookup by name. Returns parsed judge records with biographical data (DOB, DOD, FJC ID). Useful for venue research, judicial profile lookup, and bio enrichment.

SERVERMcp SOURCE@2sio/mcp

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/law.judge-lookup.md

WHAT IT DOES

What law.judge-lookup does on Mcp

AI agents call law.judge-lookup to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

RISK

Why law.judge-lookup is rated Low

This is a lookup/query tool that retrieves publicly available biographical information about federal judges from CourtListener. It has no capability to modify, delete, execute code, or cause financial transactions. The data returned (DOB, DOD, FJC ID, biographical data) is informational only.

From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Returns parsed judge records with biographical data' and is for 'venue research, judicial profile lookup, and bio enrichment' — all retrieval operations with no modification or side effects.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs law.judge-lookup safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For law.judge-lookup, this is the rule to start with:

law.judge-lookup Allowed

law.judge-lookup is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "law.judge-lookup": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Mcp, apply this rule, and every law.judge-lookup call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about law.judge-lookup

What does the law.judge-lookup tool do? +

CourtListener federal judge lookup by name. Returns parsed judge records with biographical data (DOB, DOD, FJC ID). Useful for venue research, judicial profile lookup, and bio enrichment. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on law.judge-lookup? +

Register the MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for law.judge-lookup: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp. Nothing to install.

What risk level is law.judge-lookup? +

law.judge-lookup is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit law.judge-lookup? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the law.judge-lookup rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block law.judge-lookup completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for law.judge-lookup. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides law.judge-lookup? +

law.judge-lookup is provided by the MCP server (@2sio/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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