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ALTeR designs and delivers specialised events and organises hackathons to crowdsource ideas and engage students and start-ups in real-world problem-solving.

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Legal Tech Hackathon

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Legal Tech Hackathon 2025

 

 Access to Justice

Legal Tech Hackathon brings together students from across all disciplines to tackle real-life challenges that make our legal and social support systems hard to access.

Over 24 fast-paced hours, you’ll team up with other bright minds to prototype creative solutions that advance access to justice. Think of it as a design sprint meets purpose-led innovation.

This hackathon is designed to bring together students from a wide range of areas, as innovation comes from a diversity of knowledge and experiences.

If you’re not technical and wondering if this is for you and what you’ll be able to bring to the table – your perspective, brain and drive to make things better!

The Three Main Problem Statements

Legal Information Accessibility

Creating centralised, easy-to-understand resources that summarise complex legal information.

Semi-Automated Application Support

Building tools to help people formally notify authorities about their situations and access entitlements:

  • Temporary additional support calculations
  • Top-up assistance identification
  • Out-of-time review applications
    • Review of sanctions and notice provisions
Grant Assistance

Creating systems to help users identify recoverable versus non-recoverable grants and access the most beneficial options.

Event Details

Date: 8 – 9 August 2025

(start at 2 pm on Friday | end at 6pm on Saturday)

Kick off  & Information Session on Thursday (7th) at 6 pm

Location: Unleash Space | Kura Matahuna

 

Prize Bucket: 5,000 NZD

What can you learn?

  • Learn Legal Design Thinking: Unpack complex justice and regulatory problems and create human-centred solutions.
  • Gain an understanding of legal tech: Learn how technology is being used to address challenges in the legal system.
  • Develop rapid ideation and prototyping skills: quickly test and refine your ideas.
  • Build confidence in pitching: Learn how to clearly communicate your solution and its potential impact.
  • Collaborate effectively in diverse teams: Work across disciplines to tackle justice challenges together.

Your opportunity

  • Do something that matters: Solve real-world problems impacting real people.
  • Win cash prizes: First place = $3,000, Runner-up = $2,000
  • Learn by doing: Build innovation skills in tech, policy, law, and applying design thinking to make the world a better place.
  • Meet great minds: Work alongside students from other faculties, community advocates, and expert mentors.
  • Collaborate: Work with peers from law, business, arts and education, design and science to seek solutions and creatively problem-solve using an interdisciplinary approach
  • No experience needed: Zero technical background required—just curiosity and commitment.
  • Stand out on your CV: Show your initiative and creative thinking. Your participation could be credited towards a University of Auckland Distinguished Graduate Award.
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Conferences

2026 Inaugural ALTeR Conference: Law, Technology and Trust

Date: 16 – 17 April 2026

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