Awards
Suffolk Law School
Boston, Massachusetts
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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Finalists:
Award Category
A2J
Foster Power
JusticeText
The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
Court
Administrative Office of the Kentucky Courts
Legal Accountability Project (LAP)
eCourtDate
Education
April Dawson
The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
Skillburst Interactive
Enterprise
ModeOne
BigHand
UniCourt
Individual
Sateesh Nori
Aliza Shatzman
Vivian Nguyen
Journalism
Bob Ambrogi
Stephanie Wilkins
Victor Li
Law Firm
Ashley Picker Dubin
BCLP
Lyda Law Firm
Startup
Descrybe
ECourtDate
Illuminote
Artificial Intelligence
Charlie Hernandez
Gen from Visalaw
Descrybe
Winners:
| Award Category | Winner | Runner Up | Honorable Mention |
| A2J | JusticeText | Foster Power | The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) |
| Court | Legal Accountability Project (LAP) | Administrative Office of the Kentucky Courts | eCourtDate |
| Education | The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) | April Dawson | Skillburst Interactive |
| Enterprise | BigHand | ModeOne | UniCourt |
| Individual | Aliza Shatzman | Sateesh Nori | Vivian Nguyen |
| Journalism | Stephanie Wilkins | Bob Ambrogi | Victor Li |
| Law Firm | BCLP | Ashley Picker Dubin | Lyda Law Firm |
| Startup | ECourtDate | Descrybe.ai | Illuminote |
| Artificial Intelligence | Gen from Visalaw | Charlie Hernandez | Descrybe.ai |
| Lifetime Achievement | Dennis Kennedy |
✅ May 28, 2024 - Artificial Intelligence Genius Panel
✅ June 26, 2024 - Access to Justice Genius Panel
✅ July 31, 2024 - Deadline to Submit Nominations
✅ September 9, 2024 - Award Finalists Announced
✅ September 10, 2024 - State of the Industry Genius Panel
✅ October 6, 2024 - Awards Gala Event in Austin, Texas
Judges:
Dr. Megan Ma
Nikki Shaver
Damien Riehl
Mitch Jackson
Nicole Black
Amanda Brown
Joseph Gartner
Kimberly Bennett
Noella Sudbury
Nefra-Ann MacDonald
Dan Lear
Irene Mo
Miguel Willis
Carolyn Elefant
Shellie Reid
Our Mission:
Patrick Palace
Cat Moon
Tom Martin
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Award Categories:
Access to Justice - an organization or individual who has made a difference by helping the underserved access the legal system through the use of technology.
Artificial Intelligence - an organization or individual who has used artificial intelligence in a novel and effective way to make a difference in people's lives.
Courts - an individual or organization that displays outstanding use of innovation that achieves a significant benefit to the courts.
Education - an individual or institution that displays outstanding use of innovation in legal education.
Enterprise - an established legal technology company that has successfully grown a product or service that demonstrates a unique and positive impact on its users.
Individual - an individual who has demonstrated success in making a positive difference in the world as it relates to legal innovation.
Journalism - a journalist whose coverage of legal innovation has helped to illuminate dangers and/or encourage positive change.
Law Firm - a law firm or lawyer who utilizes innovation to exceed client expectations in a significant, measurable way.
Startup - a legal technology startup company that has created a product or service that shows significant promise in providing outsize benefits to its users.
Lifetime Achievement - an individual who has displayed leadership, excellence and vision over a long career in driving innovation in the law.
Award Rules:
- By entering the awards, the entrant will be deemed to have read, understood, and accepted these rules.
- All entrants must be aged 18 or over. The entrant or the employer represented by the entrant, must have worked or be directly associated with the subject matter featured in the entry.
- The entrant consents to allow the details of their entry to be shared with American Legal Technology Awards (ALTA) judges and representatives.
- The awards are open to entrants based in the Americas or to entrants who have customers based in the Americas.
- The deadline for entries is July 31, 2024. All entries must be received prior to the submission deadline. Entries received after the deadline will not be considered.
- Self-nominations are encouraged.
- There is no fee to submit an award entry. However, the awards gala dinner is a ticketed event. Entrants must attend the award dinner to receive their award.
- The entrant may enter multiple award categories, however all submitted entries must be tailored for each individual category.
- Each category, except Lifetime Achievement, is awarded to a winner, runner up and honorable mention.
- If you or your organization has won an award, you must wait 2 years before submitting an entry in the same category.
- Award finalists will be notified in August so that they may have sufficient time to arrange travel to attend the awards gala dinner.
- The entries are judged by a panel of independent judges without the interference or influence of ALTA representatives.
- The judges’ decision will be final and no explanation or feedback will be offered before or following the judges’ decision.
- The judges and ALTA reserve the right to amend category selections where it is deemed appropriate.
- All award entrants grant ALTA the right to use and reproduce their name, trademark and company logo for the promotion of any ALTA event.