LegalTechTalk will this year launch its first ever Vibeathon, where attendees can use on site tools and natural language prompts to develop their legal tech ideas without needing coding skills.
LTT is working with vibecode.law, Replit and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer to deliver the Vibeathon, which it describes as a ‘hackathon-style competition reimagined for the age of AI.’
Vibecode.law is a community-driven platform where legal professionals can learn to vibecode and showcase their work. It was launched in early 2026 by Chris Bridges, co-founder and COO of Tacit Legal; Matt Pollins, co-founder and CPO of Lupl; and Alex Baker, a consultant and founder of the Legal Tech Collective. This year they launched the VibeAcademy, providing courses that take you ‘from zero to working prototype.’
Replit is a development environment where users can code, publish and host apps using natural language prompts.
The Vibeathon reflects a major shift happening across technology and professional services. Where in the past legal tech products have required developers, technical teams, or coding expertise, now lawyers and other subject matter experts are building working prototypes themselves using AI. While a proliferation of tools can create its own challenges and needs to be managed, removing the need for a ‘translator’ between expertise and output can be invaluable.
Stephanie Barrett, director of legal technology at HSF Kramer, said: “What excites me about the Vibeathon is how it reframes coding as a creative skill, not a technical obstacle. By opening it up to non-technical minds, we create space for entirely new ideas and approaches that can shape the future.”
Vibeathon participants will compete across three tracks: lawyer training; access to justice; and freestyle (encouraging experimentation and entirely new legal AI concepts).
Unlike traditional hackathons, LTT organisers say that the Vibeathon is designed to be accessible – attendees can participate solo or in teams, drop into guided sessions and live demos throughout the event, and build at their own pace.
Bradley Collins, CEO and co-founder of LegalTechTalk said: “We want to show people just how easy it now is to take an idea, experiment with AI tools, and build something meaningful. The Vibeathon isn’t just about showcasing new technology – it’s about encouraging more people across legal to actively shape what comes next.”
Throughout the event, vibecode.law and HSF Kramer will be onsite hosting demos, coaching sessions, and ‘surgeries’ to help participants. The team stress that you don’t need to spend days coding or preparing in advance – you can arrive with an idea. You do, of course, need to have a ticket for LegalTechTalk.
You should also register interest in the Vibeathon.
Participants will upload their finished prototypes to vibecode.law and the winner will be decided by a judging panel. Winners from each category will be recognised live on stage at LegalTechTalk and gain access to exclusive post-event masterclasses covering product & development learning, investor insights, and go-to-market strategy.
Speaking to Legal IT Insider about the Vibeathon, Pollins said: “In the last six months, we’ve really seen the rise of vibe coding in legal. LinkedIn has been full of lawyers and legal professionals building apps and solving problems and what’s really exciting about doing something at an event is taking some of that activity that right now is distributed on LinkedIn and people building stuff on their weekends, and bringing people together in real life to solve real problems with this technology, which is just amazing.”
In terms of the challenges that people are solving, and in particular lawyer training, Pollins says: “There is an issue around junior lawyers and how are they going to learn if they don’t sit in a dark meeting room for two weeks with a lever arch file? How might we solve that with tech? Rather than just vibe coding stuff for the sake of vibe coding it, we’re going to try and structure the event around real problems to solve.”
