Lander & Rogers opens 2026 LawTech Hub to AI startups

Lander & Rogers has opened applications for its 2026 LawTech Hub accelerator, targeting AI-focused and broader legal technology startups and scaleups from Australia and overseas.

The independent Australian law firm said the program will run for six months and mark the ninth cohort since the LawTech Hub launched. The accelerator operates on an equity-free basis and centres on product testing and collaboration with the firm's legal and technology teams.

Participants work with lawyers, technologists and the innovation team at Lander & Rogers. The firm said the structure includes feedback cycles and user experience reviews. It also includes access to funding networks, mentors and partners, plus masterclasses covering pricing, scaling, cybersecurity, branding, and financial modelling. The program ends with a showcase at Legal Tech Pitch Night.

Program focus

Lander & Rogers positioned the LawTech Hub as a pathway for founders to access legal practitioners and to test in a law firm environment. The firm said it looks for startups and scaleups developing legal solutions across AI and non-AI categories.

The firm also highlighted its alumni base. It said more than 30 startups have gone through the program, and over 90% remain trading. It includes Mary Technology, DDLoop, Syncly, DraftWise, eBrief Ready, Nexl and Josef among past participants, with products now used across legal markets outside Australia.

Lander & Rogers said the 2026 intake builds on feedback from the 2025 cohort, which it described as valuing access to practitioners and iterative development. Founders from the 2025 cohort provided testimonials about product changes and commercial planning during the accelerator.

"Working with the Landers team enabled us to ship better and faster and unlocked the next stage of growth," said Nico Kunz, DDLoop.

"We rebuilt our entire front‐end experience based on continuous feedback - we're leaving with a much better product than when we joined," said Peter Cole, CourtAid.

"We came in with a problem and left with clarity, direction, and a validated V1 - plus second place at the Legal Tech Pitch Night," said Walter Myer, Amender.

"The feedback allowed us to stress test our business plan, harden our USP, and ground our product on real-life use cases," said Isaac Wong, Mobius by TILT Legal.

"The LawTech Hub helped us cut through the noise and hype. It's full of people who've lived the pain points and care about fixing them properly," said Jack Rathie, DDLoop.

"Developing relationships with like‐minded innovators and collaborating with the talented Lander & Rogers team helped us iterate faster and smarter," said Jordan Parker, Odella.

Law firm testing

Lander & Rogers framed the program around pilots and evaluation inside its own operations. The firm said cohort companies can run structured testing. It cited security testing and competitive comparisons as recent activities.

"We're proud to open applications for the ninth edition of the LawTech Hub. Each year we have a very high calibre of startups, while the opportunity to build real, scalable change in legal practice continues to expand. We look forward to welcoming the next generation of innovators," said Daniel Proietto, Chief Executive Partner, Lander & Rogers.

The firm runs other initiatives alongside the accelerator, including an AI Lab and AI Clinics in partnership with Australian universities. It described these as part of a wider innovation ecosystem that sits alongside the LawTech Hub.

"The LawTech Hub continues to push the boundaries of what's possible in legal technology. The energy that emerges when founders and lawyers build side-by-side is extraordinary, and it's reshaping how legal services are delivered in Australia and globally. Last year, we worked with a startup that progressed through our rigorous pilot and security testing and is now being deployed within the firm. Another start-ups' solution outperformed seven global incumbents during a research-focused testing day. We consider these outcomes as remarkable successes for the founders, and for the LawTech Hub," said Michelle Bey, Chief Innovation Officer, Lander & Rogers.

Industry change

Lander & Rogers linked the next cohort to broader shifts in the legal sector tied to new technology adoption. It said it is already receiving applications from outside Australia.

"The legal industry continues to undergo major change driven by emerging technologies and who better to guide the profession through that transformation than the startups and scaleups on the front line, leading the shift, and reshaping how legal services are delivered? The LawTech Hub has become a proving ground for founders building future solutions and needing deep industry access to do it. We're already receiving applications from around the world, and I'm excited to see who joins us for 2026," said Courtney Blackman, Director of the LawTech Hub, Lander & Rogers.