Real legal work
Every task is a real legal problem that landed on a lawyer's desk, contributed by lawyers from more than 34 countries.
Get your application benchmarked against the industry standard
Independent, data-backed evidence of how your AI product performs in real legal work.
Trusted by legal leaders across the world
Ways to participate
01. Public Benchmark
Benchmark your application against other legal AI products under consistent conditions. Your overall score and ranking are published on the Legal Benchmarks leaderboard.
02. Private Evaluation
Receive a confidential report covering workflow-level performance, comparative rankings, strengths, weaknesses and product experience. Your results are not published.
03. Certification
Applications completing either evaluation are assessed for quarterly performance certifications. Qualifying products may publicly display their certification with a date-stamped verification page.
All evaluations are conducted through API or temporary platform access using the same task set and evaluation conditions.
Benchmarked against real applications
Compared against legal AI applications and general-purpose applications like ChatGPT and Claude that lawyers already use for real legal work.
Assessed by lawyers
Outputs undergo automated grading and expert legal review for quality, judgment, and professional legal taste. Assessed on: Substance, Form, Product experience.
Lawyers have the final say
Where automated grading and legal review disagree, the lawyer's verdict is binding and preserved for audit.
Read the methodologyLegal Benchmarks Certification
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Get certified
Every benchmarked product qualifies for the quarterly Legal Benchmarks certifications. Certifications are awarded on performance alone.
Next awards: September 2026
Pricing
Public benchmark assessment
$1,000benchmarking fee
- Named results on the public leaderboard
- Certification eligibility based on performance
- Automated grading and expert legal review
Private benchmark assessment
Custom pricing
- Everything in public assessment report
- Private benchmark assessment
- Exact strengths and failure modes
- Prioritized improvement areas
- Product Experience report rated by lawyers
- Certification eligibility based on performance
Sign up any time. Certifications are awarded every quarter on performance alone.
“Legal Benchmarks builds trust in legal AI by bringing testing closer to the real work of lawyers, with practical use cases and rigorous standards built for the profession.”
Mohamed Al MamariLegal CounselFrequently asked questions.
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