# legal_scholarship_mcp

> Use this tool when you need to search and analyze scholarly literature, as it solves problems related to researching academic papers, authors, and citations by providing full-text search, work details, and citation lookup capabilities. It takes in search queries and author names as inputs and outputs relevant scholarly works, citations, and author information. Ideal for use in academic research, citation analysis, and literature reviews.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/mahmoudhusseinlawtech-legal-scholarship-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mahmoudhusseinlawtech-legal-scholarship-mcp

## Description

Enables searching scholarly literature via the OpenAlex database, with tools for full-text search, work details, citation lookup, and author queries.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ptmfv37yr7)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/MH-LT/legal-scholarship-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "mahmoudhusseinlawtech-legal-scholarship-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mahmoudhusseinlawtech-legal-scholarship-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mahmoudhusseinlawtech-legal-scholarship-mcp/pull`

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