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Duke Law Tech Lab

Legal & GovTech · Run by Duke Center on Law & Tech (Duke University School of Law) · Durham, NC

Verified Jul 22, 2026Official website

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The facts

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Terms model
Equity-freeProvides support with no cash invested and no equity taken.
Investment
Not publishedPre-accelerator for mission-driven legal tech startups; historically equity-free with prize money at demo day, but current terms unpublished (nulls). Site states the accelerator is paused (last cohort 2021) while the team runs a justice-tech ecosystem research project; a promised 'next iteration in 2025' had not materialized as a new cohort at verification. DEADLINE: Program paused since 2021 per own site; no application window, next_deadline null.
Equity taken
Not publishedPre-accelerator for mission-driven legal tech startups; historically equity-free with prize money at demo day, but current terms unpublished (nulls). Site states the accelerator is paused (last cohort 2021) while the team runs a justice-tech ecosystem research project; a promised 'next iteration in 2025' had not materialized as a new cohort at verification. DEADLINE: Program paused since 2021 per own site; no application window, next_deadline null.
Program length
Not published
Format
Remote
Location
Durham, NC
Cohorts per year
1
Cohort size
Not published
Stage focus
pre-seed legal tech (access to justice)
Sub-vertical
access-to-justice legal tech
Demographic focus
Not published
Backers
Duke University School of Law
Notable alumni
Not published

Terms notes: Pre-accelerator for mission-driven legal tech startups; historically equity-free with prize money at demo day, but current terms unpublished (nulls). Site states the accelerator is paused (last cohort 2021) while the team runs a justice-tech ecosystem research project; a promised 'next iteration in 2025' had not materialized as a new cohort at verification. DEADLINE: Program paused since 2021 per own site; no application window, next_deadline null.

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Terms in plain English

The Duke Law Tech Lab historically ran an equity-free, remote pre-accelerator for early stage legal tech companies, with prize money awarded at demo day. The program has been paused since 2022 and the last cohort ran in 2021. Current terms are not published and there is no open application. The site still says to stay tuned for a next iteration coming in 2025, which had not launched as of July 2026.

Who this is actually for

Historically, this program served early stage legal tech founders working on access to legal services. Until a relaunch, founders can read the team's published justice tech ecosystem research, and companies selling to the federal government can consider the Dcode Federal Accelerator as an active alternative.

Application windows

No application window is on record for this program yet. Check the official website for the next cohort.

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Sources

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