SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)

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LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JUNE 28, 2001

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Legal
Research Center, Inc. will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on June 28, 2001 at
2:30 p.m. for the following purposes:

1. To elect a Board of four directors, each to serve until the next
Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are elected
and qualified;

2. To consider and act upon a proposal to ratify the selection of Lurie
Besikof Lapidus & Co., LLP as independent auditors of the Company for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2001; and

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.

The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on April 27, 2001 as
the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the
meeting and any adjournment thereof.

To assure your representation at the meeting, please sign, date and return
your proxy in the enclosed envelope whether or not you expect to attend in
person. Your cooperation in promptly signing and returning your proxy will help
avoid further solicitation expense. Shareholders who attend the meeting may
revoke their proxies and vote in person if they so desire.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Arun K. Dube, Co-Chairman

Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 12, 2001

PROXY STATEMENT
OF
LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC.

1100 Flour Exchange Building
310 Fourth Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

GENERAL MATTERS

Solicitation of Proxies

This Proxy Statement, mailed on or about May 12, 2001, is furnished to the
shareholders of Legal Research Center, Inc. (the "Company") in connection with
the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of the Company to be voted
at the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders to be held on June 28, 2001, or any
adjournment or adjournments thereof, for the purposes set forth in the
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The cost of this
solicitation, which is being made on behalf of the Company and the Board of
Directors, will be borne by the Company. In addition to solicitation by mail,
officers, directors and employees of the Company may solicit proxies by
telephone, special communications or in person. The Company may also request
banks and brokers to solicit their customers who have a beneficial interest in
the Company's Common Stock registered in the names of nominees and will
reimburse such banks and brokers for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

Voting, Execution and Revocation of Proxies

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 27, 2001 will
be entitled to vote. As of that date, the Company had 3,614,379 shares of Common
Stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share is entitled to one vote.

If a proxy is properly executed and returned on time in the form enclosed,
it will be voted at the meeting as specified. Where specification has not been
made, it will be voted FOR the election of the nominees for director, FOR the
ratification of the appointment by the Board of Lurie, Besikof, Lapidus & Co.,
LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2001, and will be deemed to grant discretionary authority to vote upon any
other matters properly coming before the meeting. The presence in person or by
proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote at
the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders, or 1,807,190 shares, constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.

Any proxy may be revoked at any time before it is voted by written notice
to the Secretary, by receipt of a proxy properly signed and dated subsequent to
an earlier proxy, or by revocation of a written proxy by request at the Annual
Meeting. If not so revoked, the shares represented by such proxy will be voted.

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

The following table sets forth as of March 15, 2001 the number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by each person known to the Company to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company's
capital stock, by each director and by all directors and executive officers as a
group. Shares not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned by virtue of the
right of an individual to acquire them within 60 days are treated as outstanding
only when determining the amount and percentage owned by such individual. Except
as otherwise indicated, the persons listed possess all of the voting and
investment power with respect to the shares listed for them.

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Number of Percent of
Directors, Executive Officers, and 5% Shareholders Shares Class
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Christopher R. Ljungkull (1)(2) 1,087,977 28%
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James R. Seidl (1)(3) 871,485 23%
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Arun K. Dube (1)(4) 162,500 4 %
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Bruce J. Aho (1)(5) 27,083 *
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Robin A. Moles (1) 193,492 5%
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All executive officers and directors as a group (4 persons, 2-4) 2,149,045 51%
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* Represents less than 1%

(1) The address of such person is in care of the Company, 1100 Flour Exchange
Building, 310 Fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415.

(2) Includes 193,492 shares owned by Robin Moles, Mr. Ljungkull's aunt, over
which Mr. Ljungkull exercises voting power, and 216,000 shares purchasable
upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options.

(3) Includes 216,000 shares purchasable upon exercise of presently exercisable
stock options.

(4) Includes 130,000 shares purchasable upon exercise of presently exercisable
stock options.

(5) Includes 22,083 shares purchasable upon exercise of presently exercisable
stock options.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
(Proposal #1)

Nominees for Election as Directors

The Board of Directors currently consists of four persons. Each director
will be elected to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in
2002 or until a successor is elected and qualified. Vacancies and newly-created
directorships resulting from an increase of the number of directors may be
filled by a majority of the directors then in office and the directors so chosen
will hold office until the next election.

The Board of Directors has nominated for election the four individuals
named below. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the
number of nominees named below. The Board recommends a vote FOR all such
nominees, and it is intended that, unless contrary written instructions are
provided, proxies accompanying this Proxy Statement will be voted at the 2001
Annual Meeting FOR the election to the Board of all of the nominees named. The
Board of Directors believes that each nominee will be able to serve, but should
any nominee be unable to serve as a director, the persons named in the proxies
have advised that they will vote for the election of such substitute nominee as
the Board of Directors may propose.

The names, ages and respective positions of the nominees, their occupations
and other information is set forth below, based upon information furnished to
the Company by the nominees.

Christopher R. Ljungkull, age 47, has been Chief Executive Officer of the
Company since 1994, and Co-Chairman of the Board since December, 1999. Mr.
Ljungkull is co-founder of the Company and has been a director of the Company
since its inception.

James R. Seidl, age 47, has been the President of the Company since 1988
and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 1994. Mr. Seidl is a co-founder
of the Company and has been a director since its inception.

Arun K. Dube, age 63, has been a director of the Company since May 1995,
the Chairman of the Board since January 1996 and Co-Chairman since 1999. In July
1996, Mr. Dube was hired as Chief Executive Officer of The CyberLaw Office, Inc.
(CLO), then an 85% owned subsidiary of the Company, which the Company sold to
Mr. Dube in 1999. Mr. Dube is a private investor.

Bruce J. Aho, age 51, has been a director of the Company since 1998. Mr.
Aho is a private investor and is the former President and CEO of the Quorum
Group, one of the largest suppliers of litigation support document management
services in the country. Quorum was acquired in 1997 by Lanier Worldwide, Inc.,
a subsidiary of the Harris Corporation.

Board of Directors and Committees

Meetings. During fiscal 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company held
six meetings. Each director was present for each meeting held during fiscal
2000.

Board Committees. The Board of Directors has no standing Committees.

Remuneration of Directors. Non-employee directors are paid $6,000 per year
and receive annual stock option grants of 15,000 shares, exercisable at fair
market value on the date of grant and expiring 10 years after issuance (the
"Directors' Options"). Directors' Options are granted at the time of election or
reelection at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting unless a director is elected in
between annual meetings in which case the Directors' Options are granted on a
pro rata basis. Mr. Dube has been granted Director's Options to purchase 130,000
shares of Common Stock at prices ranging from $0.25 to $3.50 a share under the
Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan. Mr. Aho has been granted Director's Options to
purchase 22,083 shares of Common Stock at prices ranging from $0.22 to $2.8125 a
share under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan.

COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

To the knowledge of the Company, based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and
4 furnished to the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000,
pursuant to Rule 16a-3(e) of the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and Forms 5
and amendments thereto furnished to the Company with respect to the year ended
December 31, 2000, Messrs. Aho, Ljungkull, Seidl and Dube each failed to file a
form 5 report with respect to the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table summarizes the cash and non-cash compensation paid to
or earned by Christopher R. Ljungkull, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and
James R. Seidl, the Company's President, the only two executive officers of the
Company.

Summary Compensation Table

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Annual Long-term
Name and Principal Fiscal Year Ended Compensation Compensation
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Position December 31, Salary Bonus Awards of Options(1)
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Christopher R. 2000 $100,000 27,500 72,000
Ljungkull, Chief
Executive Officer 1999 $84,000 $42,000 72,000

1998 $84,000 $4,295 36,000
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James R. Seidl, 2000 $86,100 84,912 72,000
President
1999 $84,000 $68,039 72,000

1998 $84,000 $12,884 36,000
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(1) Consists of options granted under the 1997 Stock Option Plan.

Stock Options

The following table summarizes option grants made during the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000 to the executive officers named in the Summary
Compensation table:

Options Grants in 2000 Fiscal Year

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Number of Percent of Total
Shares Underlying Granted to
Options Employees in Exercise Price Expiration
Name Granted(1) Fiscal Year Per Share Date
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Christopher R. Ljungkull 36,000 21% $2.375 January 2005
36,000 21% $3.00 June 2005
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James R. Seidl 36,000 21% $2.375 January 2005
36,000 21% $3.00 June 2005
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(1) Consists of options granted under the 1997 Employee Stock Option Plan.

The following table summarizes the value of the unexercised options held by
the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table as of December
31, 1999.

Aggregated Option Exercises and Fiscal Year-End Option Values

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Value of Unexercised
Shares Number of Unexercised in-the-Money Options at
Acquired Value Options at Fiscal Year-End Fiscal Year-End
Name on Exercise Realized Exercisable/Unexercisable Exercisable/Unexercisable(1)
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Christopher R. Ljungkull -- -- 216,000(2)/0 $95,670/$0
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James R. Seidl -- -- 216,000(2)/0 $95,670/$0
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(1) Value of unexercised options are calculated by determining the difference
between the fair market value of the shares underlying the options at
December 31, 2000 and the exercise price of the options.

(2) Consists of 216,000 options granted under the 1997 Employee Stock Option
Plan.

Employment Agreements

The Company entered into three-year employment agreements with each of
Christopher R. Ljungkull and James R. Seidl effective July 1, 1995, which renew
automatically each year. The agreements, as amended, require annual base
salaries of $120,000 for each officer, plus goal-oriented incentives, which may
be adjusted by the Board of Directors. Incentive compensation expense under the
officer employment agreements was approximately $112,412 and $110,000 in 2000
and 1999, respectively.

CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

Lease with URSA Companies, Inc. The Company leases its office space from
URSA Companies, Inc. (URSA), a corporation that is owned and controlled by
Messrs. Ljungkull and Seidl, pursuant to the exact same terms and conditions of
a lease between URSA and URSA's landlord for such office space. This arrangement
between the Company and URSA is on terms no more favorable to the Company that
that which could be obtained by an unaffiliated third party from URSA. This
lease terminates April 30, 2001.

INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MATTERS

General

Lurie, Besikof, Lapidus & Co., LLP served as the Company's independent
public accountant for the year ended December 31, 2000. Representatives of
Lurie, Besikof, Lapidus & Co., LLP are expected to be present at the Annual
Meeting and will be given an opportunity to make a statement if so desired and
to respond to appropriate questions.

Audit Committee Report

The Board of Directors performs the equivalent functions of an audit
committee. In such capacity, the Board of Directors has (i) reviewed and
discussed the Company's audited financial

statements with management; (ii) discussed with the Company's independent
auditors the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees); and (iii) received the written
disclosures from the Company's independent accountants required by Independence
Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees),
and discussed with the accountants their independence. Based on the review and
discussions referred to in items (i) through (iii) above, the Board of Directors
recommends that the audited financial statements be included in the Company's
annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.

The Board of Directors

Christopher R. Ljungkull
James R. Seidl
Arun K. Dube
Bruce J. Aho

Accounting Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the
Company's financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2000 and for the
reviews of the financial statements included in its quarterly Reports on Form
10-QSB for such year are $38,000 for audit fees and $8,400 for tax services.

SELECTION OF AUDITORS
(Proposal #2)

The Board of Directors has selected Lurie, Besikof, Lapidus & Co., LLP as
independent auditors to audit the accounts of the Company for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2001, and to perform other accounting services. Lurie,
Besikof, Lapidus & Co., LLP has acted as independent auditors of the Company
since February 1998. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR this proposal.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

The rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission permit shareholders of
a company, after notice to the company, to present proposals for shareholder
action in the Company's proxy statement where such proposals are consistent with
applicable law, pertain to matters appropriate for shareholder action and are
not properly omitted by company action in accordance with the proxy rules. The
Legal Research Center, Inc. 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is expected to
be held in June 2002. In order to be considered for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement for the June 2002 Annual Meeting, shareholder proposals prepared in
accordance with the proxy rules must be received by the Company on or before
January 15, 2002.

GENERAL

The Board of Directors of the Company does not intend to present and knows
of no matters other than the foregoing to be brought before the meeting.
However, the enclosed proxy gives discretionary authority in the event that any
additional matters should be presented.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Arun K. Dube, Co-Chairman

LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC.

PROXY

The undersigned shareholder of Legal Research Center, Inc. (the "Company")
hereby constitutes and appoints Christopher R. Ljungkull or James R. Seidl, or
both of them, his or her proxy, with full power of substitution, to attend the
Annual Meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel, 618 2nd Av. So., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 on June 28, 2001 at 2:30
p.m., or at any and all adjournments thereof, upon the following matters:

1. Election of four directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
Shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified;

Bruce J. Aho, Arun K. Dube, Christopher R. Ljungkull, James R. Seidl

_ FOR all nominees listed above (except as indicated to the contrary below)

_ WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed above (INSTRUCTION: To
withhold authority to vote for any individual, write that nominee's name in the
space provided below.);

2. __ FOR selection of Lurie, Besikof, Lapidus, LLP as independent auditors of
the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2001

__ AGAINST selection of Lurie, Besikof, Lapidus, LLP as independent
auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2001;

And, in their discretion, any other business as may properly come before
the meeting.

PLEASE FILL IN, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS
PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED BY THE
UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED
FOR APPROVAL OF PROPOSALS 1 AND 2 AND GRANT DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY ON ANY OTHER
MATTER THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE COMPANY'S NOTICE OF ANNUAL
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING TO BE HELD JUNE 28, 2001 AND PROXY STATEMENT.

Dated: _______________

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IMPORTANT: Signature(s) should correspond
with the name appearing on the books of
the Company. When signing in a fiduciary
capacity, give full title as such. When
more than one owner, each should sign.