Asia-Pacific’s first community-based legal innovation and technology awards

The ALITA Awards were launched with the aim of giving voice and recognition to contributors of the legal tech and legal innovation ecosystem across Asia-Pacific. In 2022, the 5 Award Categories are:

  • Outstanding Legaltech Entrant Award [Organisation-based]

  • Outstanding Legal Innovator Award - Law Firm [Organisation-based]

  • Outstanding Legal Innovator Award - Industry [Organisation-based]

  • Legal Innovation / Legal Tech (LI/LT) For Good Award [Project-based]

  • Outstanding Legal Innovator Award - Individual [Individual-based]

The ALITA Awards 2022 award ceremony was presented in-person at Techlaw.Fest 2022!
Venue: Marina Bay Sands Singapore
Dates: July 20 - 22

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ALITA AWARDS 2022 WINNERS!

ALITA congratulates the winners of the 6 ALITA Awards 2022 categories:

SPONSORS

MEET OUR JUDGES

Justice Aedit Abdullah

Judge, Supreme Court of Singapore

Terri Mottershead

Executive Director, Centre of Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand, APAC) The College of Law

Ginevra Saylor

National Director, Innovation and Knowledge Programs at Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Elliot Leibu

Elliot Leibu

Co-Host, The Legal Ops Podcast

Holger Zcheyge

President, European Legal Tech Association (ELTA)

Joy Heath Rush

CEO, International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)

Mike Haven

Head of Legal Operations, Intel

President, Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC)

Dr Mimi Zou

Advisory Board Member, Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation (UK)

Kat Kukreja

Board Member, Association of Corporate Counsel Hong Kong

Gabriel Teninbaum

Assistant Dean of Innovation, Strategic Initiatives & Distance Education

Professor of Legal Writing, Suffolk University Law School

Paul Neo

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Singapore Academy of Law

Marina Yastreboff

President, AUSCL Australasian Society for Computers and Law

Andrea Perry-Petersen

Consultant and Founder, Reimagining Justice

Komal Gupta

Chief Innovation Officer, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

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AWARD CRITERIA

ALITA Awards 2022: Outstanding Legaltech Entrant

Outstanding Legaltech Entrant Award

This award recognizes an outstanding emerging startup that has substantial potential to scale, significantly transform the legal landscape in the future and adopt innovative or breakthrough technologies.

Nomination Criteria

  • Must be a registered organization within any APAC jurisdiction;

  • Must be less than 5 years since incorporation; and

  • Service and/or product offering(s) must primarily serve the legal industry.

In our efforts to be as inclusive as possible, ALITA welcomes registered organisations from any APAC country(s) listed by WorldPopulationReview.

ALITA Awards 2022: Outstanding Legal Innovator - Law Firm

Outstanding Legal InnovatOR Award - Law Firm

This award recognises a law firm that has implemented outstanding innovation capabilities in improving either internal workflow or an industry practice through new initiative(s) and/or product development(s).

Nomination Criteria

  • Must have at least one office within any APAC jurisdiction; and

  • This award category is limited to organizations licensed in any APAC jurisdiction to provide legal services.

In our efforts to be as inclusive as possible, ALITA welcomes registered organisations from any APAC country(s) listed by WorldPopulationReview.

ALITA Awards 2022: Outstanding Legal Innovator - Law Firm

Outstanding Legal Innovator Award - Industry

This award recognises an outstanding industry player (including in-house legal and compliance teams, law school, service and/or tech provider) that has demonstrated implementation of an outstanding legal innovation.

Nomination Criteria

  • Must have a presence in at least one APAC jurisdiction.

  • This award category is open to:

    • corporate legal, compliance and legal ops departments;

    • law schools; and 

    • service and/or technology providers focused on the legal industry.

In our efforts to be as inclusive as possible, ALITA welcomes registered organisations from any APAC country(s) listed by WorldPopulationReview.

ALITA Awards 2022: LI/LT For Good

Legal Innovation/Legal Tech For Good (LI/LT) Award

This award recognises an outstanding community or grassroots initiative that has helped increase access to justice and/or improve awareness of legal rights through technology and/or innovative means. 

Nomination Criteria

  • Must benefit the community in at least one APAC jurisdiction.

  • This award category is open to:

    • NGOs or unincorporated groups of individuals;

    • Hackathon projects; and

    • Student initiatives.

In our efforts to be as inclusive as possible, ALITA welcomes registered organisations from any APAC country(s) listed by WorldPopulationReview.

ALITA Awards 2022: Outstanding Legal Innovator - Individual

Outstanding Legal Innovator Award - Individual

This award recognises the recent efforts of an outstanding individual who has significantly contributed in the field of legal tech and/or legal innovation in APAC.

Nomination Criteria

  • Individual must be based in, and contributed to, one or more APAC jurisdiction.

In our efforts to be as inclusive as possible, ALITA welcomes , ALITA welcomes individuals based in any APAC country listed by WorldPopulationReview.

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FAQ

ALITA Awards 2022

  • Nomination for the ALITA Awards 2022 closes at 23:59hr (GMT+8) on July 7th, 2022 (Thursday).

  • With a membership base of over 200 member organisations including top global law firms, legal technology companies, in-house departments and public institutions, ALITA is a young but increasingly prominent rallying force for Asia-Pacific’s legal tech industry.

    What Makes ALITA Awards Special?

    • FIRST! - No other substantive, ecosystem-based awards recognising outstanding legal innovation and technology in the APAC region.

    • TRANSFORMATIVE - Beyond big-name initiatives for truly transformative organisations, projects and individuals.

    • SUBSTANTIVE - Recognise and incentivise efforts made in legal innovation and technology journeys, rather than superficial outcomes.

    • ENABLING - Recognise new players and incentivise potential industry game-changers.

    • INSPIRATIONAL - Recognise individuals, projects and organisations that have displayed outstanding dedication to the use of legal innovation and technology.

    • INCLUSIVE - Unique judging system that enable all stakeholders to be heard and recognised.

  • All nominations must be from a Member of the Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association (ALITA). Further details as follows:

    • For Organisation-based awards, the nominated organisation must be a Member of ALITA.

    • For Project-based awards, at least one project team member must be affiliated with an ALITA member organisation.

    • For the Individual-based award, the individual nominee must be affiliated with an ALITA member organisation.

    If your organisation is not yet an ALITA Member, please sign up by clicking HERE.

  • Entry is FREE for all award nomination submissions. Do make sure that you are an individual affiliated with an Eligible Nominee.

    If your organisation has yet to sign up as an ALITA Member, please sign up by clicking HERE before proceeding with the nomination submission.

    Current ALITA Members can be found at https://alita.legal/join-us.

  • No, the video does not have to be in English, but you must use English subtitles if it contains languages other than English.

  • Three (3) Finalists will be selected among all nominations received for each of the 6 Award categories.

    Award Finalists will be Invited to attend the Award Ceremony in-person at TechLaw.Fest, Asia’s largest law and technology conference, which is in its 4th year expects more than 4,000 registrations from over 100 countries via its hybrid mode.

    Winner for each Award category will be announced at the Techlaw.Fest 2022.

    Techlaw.Fest 2022 will run from July 20 - 22 this year. Find out more about Techlaw.Fest at https://www.techlawfest.com/

  • The short answer is yes!

    The award categories are broadly grouped into three, namely:

    • Organisation-based awards;

    • Project-based awards; and

    • Individual award.

    Each nominee may submit for ONE (1) award category under each of these groups. This means that you may submit nomination for a maximum of 3 categories.

    E.g. Alex from ABC Co. can submit one nomination for each the Outstanding Legaltech Entrant Award, the Most Impactful Project Award, and the Outstanding Legal Innovator Award.

    Note: Each award nomination requires a separate form submission.

  • Yes, only for minor amendments such as contact details update or typo errors.

    Please contact us at hello@alita.legal if you require any amendment to your nomination submission, or if you have any queries.

    Any amendment request post June 30, 2022 will not be entertained.

  • Finalists for each Award category will be informed via email, based on the contact details in the nomination form submitted.

    All Award Finalist will be contacted by July 20, 2022.