6 Teams. 8 Hours. £500 Prize Money.
Calling law students, developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and early-career professionals, the LegalTech in Leeds Hackathon 2025 is your chance to collaborate, innovate, and solve real legal challenges in just 8 hours.
Showcase your expertise and support innovation. Each team has one tech sponsor and one legal sponsor. You’ll nominate an expert “Team Director” to guide your team, gain brand visibility, and connect with top talent.
A hackathon is an event where people work in teams to create and present solutions to a challenge within a set time limit. he LegalTech in Leeds Hackathon is a one-day event where teams have 8 hours to develop and pitch solutions to real legal challenges.
Sign up: Join as a participant, sponsor, or submit a real legal challenge.
Get matched: Teams of 8 with tech and legal sponsor “Team Directors”.
Challenge reveal: On the day, challenges from Leeds’ legal community are announced.
Build your solution: Work together for 8 hours with guidance from expert mentors.
Pitch to judges: Present your idea in a timed pitch with Q&A from the panel.
Public vote & awards: Judges and live voting decide the £500 prize winners.