Happy Friday, here’s a round up of some of the bigger legal tech news of the week.
First up from EMEA, there’s another win for Legora, with Polish firm Wardyński & Partners announcing a firmwide adoption of the GenAI-powered workspace following a pilot involving lawyers across all practice groups. Tomasz Wardyński, the founding partner at the law firm, said: “We have always prided ourselves on being at the forefront of innovative practices in Poland. We continuously look for new ways to serve our clients more efficiently. With the support of Legora we can focus on delivering high-end work and be sure that the repetitive tasks are done seamlessly.” One of our biggest stories of the week is that Webber Wentzel in South Africa has selected Legora both internally and as ‘anchor technology’ in its innovation lab.
In the US, Harvey announced the launch of its law school alliance program, embedding its generative AI technology into law school curriculums.
Launch collaborators include Stanford Law School, NYU School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, UCLA School of Law, The University of Texas School of Law, and Notre Dame Law School, which began a rigorous pilot of Harvey’s platform a year ago.
This collaboration will help to equip the next generation of lawyers with essential Generative AI skills and resources to prepare them for legal practice. Students, faculty, and administrators will have access to the Harvey platform, and the Harvey team will support co-creation of Generative AI curricula and learning content throughout the 2025-26 academic year.
“Artificial intelligence is here. It is increasingly more sophisticated and will rapidly become more integral to our work. Law firms and organizations will expect expertise in the use of AI, so it is incumbent upon us to prepare our students to utilize it effectively and ethically,” said Dean G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson dean and professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. “We are excited to be a pioneer in legal education, partnering with Harvey to bring this critically important education to our students, preparing them to work for the common good.”
Schools interested in participating in the program can reach out to [email protected].
And also out of the United States, AI judicial intelligence platform Bench IQ has raised $5.3m seed round led by Battery Ventures and Inovia Capital. Bench IQ was co-founded by CEO Jimoh Ovbiagele, who also co-founded Ross Intelligence.
Bench IQ says the funding will help to grow its proprietary datasets, advance its AI agents, and expand its team in the US and Canada.
“As AI reshapes law, much of the conversation has focused on first-order gains from automating existing work. The deeper unlock is AI’s ability to enable work that was previously impossible,” said Ovbiagele. “With Bench IQ, litigators gain judicial intelligence—the ability to understand how presiding judges think, enabling them to craft smarter strategies and deliver better results clients will pay for.”
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