About LegalQuants
The home for "legal quants".
We believe the next generation of elite legal work won't be defined by who has the best tools, but by who has the rare ability to design, evaluate, and deploy tools with rigor. Tools are often overhyped. Talent is underhyped. We exist to elevate that talent.
What Is a Legal Quant?
LEGAL QUANT /lēgəl kwänt/
A legal practitioner who can code, develop and deploy systems. The rare combination of legal and technical skills in one individual. The legal quant is:
✔️ comfortable getting close to code and systems
✔️ thinks in terms of workflow design, not just the task at hand
✔️ builds tools on the spot to solve a live problem
✔️ comfortable and used to the process of iteration
✔️ high agency - a bias towards action and execution, from design to production
The F1 ecosystem
To create meaningful shift in the legal industry, you don't just need drivers—you need the track and the car.
We partner with infrastructure-level builders who are creating the "track," so Legal Quants can go faster—and so the legal market can evolve around what's actually possible.
How it started
Jamie Tso started building open-source legal tools while working as a funds lawyer at a global law firm in Hong Kong. He talked about it publicly. Drawing on his background as a content creator—having previously built a fitness YouTube channel that racked up 2 million views—Jamie started sharing his experiments building and replicating legal apps on LinkedIn. The result: a flood of inbound — law firms wanting to recruit him, companies wanting custom tools built, podcasts wanting interviews, startups wanting partnerships.
Meanwhile, in Sydney, Raymond Sun was navigating a similar path as a tech lawyer at another global law firm. A lifelong coder who taught himself to build games in high school, Raymond used the COVID lockdowns to develop a viral machine-learning app for K-pop dancers. He is also became well known in the AI community for solo developing the Global AI Regulation Tracker which is the world's first interactive and complete global map of AI regulation and policies across more than 200 countries.
The connection between the two formed through a mutual desire to build their own tools rather than waiting for others to build it for them. Jamie initially started a tiny, five-person WhatsApp group to connect with the handful of lawyers who were inspired by his posts and tagging him in their own builds. Raymond joined the group, and together they built the groundwork for what has since organically exploded into LegalQuants.
Today, the LegalQuants is a highly selective network of advanced technical and AI-native lawyers who build and evaluate tools, drive intelligence on the future of legal and develop the blueprint for the "10x lawyer" of the future.
Community Output
50+ tools shipped by members
Built by individual lawyers. Open-source or open-access.
Tabular Review
Convert documents into structured question/answer datasets
Gemini AI for Office
Google Gemini inside Microsoft Word/Outlook
SuperDoc Redlines
150 000+ redlines across 300 pages in a single press
AI Regulation Tracker
60+ jurisdictions mapped. Open-access, self-maintained
Pro Bono Intake
AI triage for pro bono clinics, guides clients, generates citations
CaseKit
Open-source desktop app for civil disputes in NSW
Who we're looking for
- ✓Lawyers, law students, or legal professionals
The further from law you are, the higher the bar - ✓At least one shipped project
A working app, tool, or automation — not a concept deck. Proprietary work counts. - ✓Willing to show your work
Share a private demo or repo with us for vetting. You don't need to open-source it to the world. - ✓Willing to share with the community
Code, prompts, learnings, tools — contribute to the collective knowledge. That's the deal.
Bonus: Members who do open-source publicly get stronger profiles — public GitHub links, live "Try It Live" demos, and higher directory rankings. It's not a gate, but it's rewarded.
How membership works
You show us what you've built. We verify it's real. You share what you learn with the community. Everyone does. That's what makes it work.
Show us your work privately — a repo, a live demo, a walkthrough. We check the repo, the demo, the walkthrough. Proprietary work is fine. This stays between you and us.
Share source code, prompts, templates, and learnings with the community. Not with the internet — with your peers. This is the value exchange that makes LQ work.
Your profile shows a description, screenshot, or video demo of what you built. The more you share publicly, the higher you rank.
You don't need to open-source your code to the world. You need to have built something real, prove it to us, and be willing to share knowledge with fellow LQs.
You control who sees you
Some of our strongest members can't be public about what they're building. That's fine. We built the platform so they don't have to be.
Name and photo hidden. You appear as "Senior Associate, Magic Circle Firm, London." Your work is visible; your identity isn't.
Full profile visible only to organizations we've approved. Everyone else sees the anonymous version.
Everything visible to everyone. Name, photo, projects, demos.
You can change this at any time from your dashboard.
Membership
Verified Portfolio
A purpose-built profile page with working demos, source code, and video walkthroughs. Shareable with employers, clients, and partners — proof of what you've shipped.
Opportunity Pipeline
Private access to recruitment, custom build contracts, media appearances, and speaking opportunities. Companies like Tesla and Canva come to us looking for people like you.
Vetted Peer Network
A global network of lawyers who actually ship software. Daily discussions on vibe coding, RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and data security. Not a talking shop.
Events & Hackathons
LQ Games with Replit, Manus Hackathon, community build sprints. Ship under pressure, earn badges, build alongside in-house counsel from the world's biggest companies.
Weekly Intelligence
Curated digest of what the community is building, testing, and debating. Model comparisons, workflow breakdowns, and the signals that matter — distilled weekly.
Early Adopter Access
Legal tech startups and infrastructure companies partner with LQ to beta-test tools. Free access to cutting-edge platforms before they hit the general market.