Lexis Labs · University of Cambridge · lawyer-in-the-loop infrastructure

Every fact traced. Every decision human.

An engine that turns regulated client intake into verified, source-traced case files, and leaves every conclusion to a professional. Born at the University of Cambridge. Live in production today.

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01Origin

Three winning solutions.
One platform.

At the University of Cambridge, our founding team came together through three separate winning projects at the Hack the Law hackathon, each judged by the firm that set the challenge. Each solved a different piece of the same problem. We merged the strongest elements into one lawyer-in-the-loop platform under Lexis Labs Pty Ltd.

iLinklatersPopular Vote
iiWhite & CaseFirst Place Overall
iiiLuminanceChallenge Winner

02The technology

An engine built
to explain itself.

/ 01

Structured regulatory rules

Legal requirements encoded as deterministic, versioned rule packs: pure functions that run, and are tested, with the LLM switched off. Adding a new legal domain is legal research, not engineering: a rule pack is a data file.

/ 02

Evidence & source traceability

Every fact on a file is traced to a client utterance or a source document. Claims and citations are verified against structured rules and registers. Nothing is unexplained.

/ 03

Version-aware checks

When regulation changes, the rule pack changes, and every past check stays auditable against the version it ran on.

/ 04

Verdict discipline

The software never concludes. Conclusion words are banned from client-facing output, and unit-tested to stay banned. Everything requiring judgment routes to a professional, who reviews, edits and signs.

/ 05

Document production

The engine collects supporting documentation, structures the enquiry, and drafts the onboarding file and report. The lawyer edits, decides and signs.

/ 06

Privacy by architecture

Deploys on-premise or in the firm's controlled infrastructure; client data never leaves the firm. We share the method, not the data.

All legal advice, compliance decisions and client acceptance remain with lawyers. By design, not by disclaimer.

03Proven in production

A 15-minute conversation becomes a verified case file.

The engine is live end to end on UK immigration intake. Every requirement traced, checked and priced before a lawyer touches the case. Not a prototype; a running system.

lexislabs.com.au · live now

04Where it applies

What practitioners
pointed us at.

Conversations with firms since the hackathon revealed where the engine belongs first.

/ A

Client generation & qualification

Better-prepared enquiries, structured before they reach a fee earner.

/ B

AML / KYC onboarding

The checks required under EU AMLD (ZPPDFT-2 in Slovenia) run as a rule pack: document collection, register checks and the compliance file automated, with the professional signing acceptance.

/ C

Any regulated intake

A visa route, an AML check, a conflict check: each is a data file to the engine, not a rebuild.

Firm feedback

“Onboarding is our heaviest untouched admin burden.”

05The team

Builders, from the
University of Cambridge and MIT.

Alexandra Tran

Alexandra Tran

Founder & Managing Director

Business development and firm relationships. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, QUT / MIT. Linklaters challenge, Popular Vote.

Bernard Liu

Bernard Liu

Legal Market

Legal market depth. PhD researcher, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. White & Case challenge, First Place Overall.

Timotej Cvikl

Timotej Cvikl

Lead Engineer

Builder of the live engine, with prior production AI systems deployed at 10+ industrial clients. Luminance challenge, Winner.

06Supported by

Duan & Duan CMS E-Lab, King's College Cambridge

Non-binding Letters of Intent following prototype review.

First Place Overall · Hack the Law 2026 Luminance R&D mentorship SPARK · King's E-Lab, University of Cambridge

Talk to us.

If regulated intake is eating your firm's hours, we'd like to show you the engine.

alexandratran@me.com