Can AI Make Legal Work Less Painful? Join Rhett's Legal-Tech Hackathon
Legal work is still full of manual review, scattered workflows, slow compliance checks, and unclear documentation. At Rhett, we're exploring a simple question: Can developers use AI to make legal execution faster, clearer, and more accessible? That's the idea behind The Code of Law Challenge ā a legal-tech hackathon by Rhett. 30ā31 May 2026 š Register here: rhett.legal/hackathon Detailed Info: Brochure Early Bird Offer: ā¹799 Who Should Join? This hackathon is for builders (students, early-career, professionals) interested in: AI and LLMs NLP Open-source tools Legal-tech Compliance automation Document intelligence Workflow automation Developer-first problem solving Team Limit: 1-4 Max. You do not need to be a lawyer. You need curiosity, execution, and the willingness to build something useful. Build a tool that can review contracts such as NDAs, employment agreements, or service agreements. The tool should help users: Identify risky, ambiguous, or non-standard clauses Suggest improved or alternative clauses Highlight changes in a clear redlined format Improve contract review speed and clarity Open stack ā LLMs, RAG pipelines, rule engines, fine-tuned models, or a hybrid approach. Your call. Build a solution that improves legal governance using open-source technologies. Possible directions: Compliance checklist automation Policy review assistants Regulatory change trackers Legal Q&A systems Document classification and tagging tools Risk monitoring workflows We care about working prototypes, clear problem definition, practical utility, and thoughtful use of open-source technologies. The best projects will not just look impressive. They will solve a real legal or compliance problem in a way users can actually understand. ā¹22,000 prize pool for the top 2 winning teams Paid internship opportunities at Rhett for standout participants Premium workshop / certification access via LegalWiki 1-year membership to the Indian Society of AI and Law (ISAIL) Incubation and mentorship support through HPNLU's Legal Innovation & Incubation Centre Legal systems are often slow, expensive, and difficult to navigate ā especially for growing businesses and MSMEs that drive most of India's economic activity. Developers have a real opportunity to change that. The next generation of legal tooling won't come from law firms hiring engineers. It will come from engineers who decide the friction isn't acceptable anymore. If you're building at the intersection of AI, law, and open-source ā or you've been waiting for an excuse to start ā we'd love to see what you create. Register for The Code of Law Challenge Which problem would you tackle ā contract redlining or open-innovation governance? Drop a comment with your stack of choice or to know more about it š
