AI and law to improve justice
What inspired you to create Lexroom?
Lexroom was born out of frustration and the ambition to transform the quality of the legal profession. I hold a dual degree in Law from Bologna and King’s College London. While studying and later working in the legal field, I realized that an enormous amount of time was consumed by repetitive tasks: endless research, document analysis, copy-pasting, manual checks. My ambition to join a large international law firm as a trainee clashed with the reality of how little innovation existed in the way this sector operates.
So I set myself a mission: to bring large language models (LLMs) into the legal sector while safeguarding the accuracy of information, with the goal of transforming and improving how legal professionals work, and creating a new legal standard. When I met Paolo and Andrea in an entrepreneurial context where we were looking for a high-impact project, we clearly saw the opportunity: generative AI was changing everything, and the legal field was lagging behind.
The idea was to build a vertical “AI lawyer,” based on certified legal sources and designed specifically for Italian law—a specialized, reliable technology built around the real needs of professionals working in law firms every day. That’s how the idea that became Lexroom was born: from the desire to give time and quality back to professionals. Today, seeing thousands of lawyers using it daily proves that this need was real.
How does generative AI support and enhance legal work?
I imagine Lexroom as an assistant always sitting next to your desk. The help it provides is incredible—some of our clients compare it to the first time they used a washing machine.
LLMs are models that allow you to work with large volumes of text in a very short time. In practice, this enables lawyers to conduct legal research in natural language and obtain initial drafts of legal opinions supported by official legal sources. It also allows them to generate first drafts of documents—acts or contracts—based on their own templates and style.
This means analyzing opposing counsel’s filings quickly, preparing a draft defense brief from a client’s documents, or reviewing contractual clauses in light of the latest legal interpretations—all in just minutes. It enhances the role of the professional: the lawyer remains at the center of decision-making, but with greater speed, better access to information, and more control. Technology becomes a lever to work better, not just faster.
Are there risks? How do you manage them?
The main risk is so-called “hallucination,” meaning the generation of plausible but inaccurate information, due to the statistical nature of these models. At Lexroom, we mitigate this risk by building a specialized database that includes only official and authoritative legal sources across different areas of law.
Even more importantly, we always cite the official source used to retrieve the information, allowing professionals to verify everything directly.
What impact can making legal work easier, more precise, and faster have on people and society? What changes for clients and for justice?
This is the part that resonates most with me. When lawyers free up time from repetitive tasks, they can focus on strategy, relationships, and listening. The quality of service improves. For clients, this means faster responses, more structured advice, and greater clarity.
There is also a broader impact: technology reduces the gap between large law firms and smaller practices. We are building a product with generational impact. Just to give a sense of scale, we aim to create a new legal standard, much like Airbnb did for housing.
If even a single professional gains access to advanced tools, competitiveness increases and access to high-quality legal services expands. I see a future where AI makes lawyers stronger, more prepared, and more aware—and where such tools help make justice more transparent, more accessible, and faster.