RoboJustice: a LegalTech demo before the morning coffee went cold

Some LegalTech projects begin with a pitch deck, a funding round and a development roadmap. This one began with a cup of coffee.

According to its creator, Lithuanian advocate Dmitrijus Bogdanovas, the first RoboJustice.online demo—including domain registration—was put together while his first morning coffee was still warm. He already had the texts of civil codes. AI helped turn the idea into a website without the founder having to write the code himself.

The initial demonstration was prepared for Germany and Japan, with a Norwegian version added as well. A familiar everyday dispute—an unreturned rental deposit—shows the idea: describe a problem and explore how a digital legal service could guide an end user.

The coffee is a playful measure of prototyping speed, not a benchmark of legal accuracy. RoboJustice is a demonstration, not a finished legal service or a tool intended for practical reliance.

The broader point is about who can build. Much legal information is publicly accessible, subject to the conditions of each source. That creates room for focused services aimed directly at people facing legal problems. A lawyer with an idea can now test a prototype with AI before assembling a programming team.

In the author’s view, prototypes like these can be made by the dozen—in hours or days. Checking the law, testing the outputs and earning users’ trust remain substantial work.

Meanwhile, the coffee may need reheating.