OUR PROFTECH ECOSYSTEM: LAWTECH

Our dynamic, growing LawTech ecosystem is driven by an industry-first approach. Birmingham and the surrounding region offer a compelling environment for innovation and growth.

The West Midlands LawTech sector is rapidly emerging as a hub for innovation, driven by strong collaboration between legal firms, tech start-ups, universities, and regional support organisations.

With increasing investment and focus on digital transformation, the region is becoming a key player in reshaping how legal services are delivered across the UK.

Our video shares insights from some of the Law Firms; Gateley, Mills & Reeve, Fieldfisher and Shoosmiths involved in our collaborative Open Innovation LawTech Lab programme.
Our work with Innovation Leaders and LawTechs create meaningful sector wide impact - watch the video to hear how. Watch al our videos hr

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Starting a LawTech is hard. Navigating a risk-averse sector, building trust with legal institutions, getting your first paying client — all at pace with limited resource. We exist to change that equation for founders in the West Midlands.

SuperTech gives you what no single organisation can: curated introductions to law firms and legal services buyers, structured access to accelerators and innovation programmes, regulatory guidance from SRA and beyond, investor signposting, and a peer network of founders who've been exactly where you are.

We are independent, non-commercial, and completely focused on your success.
Whether you have an idea, an MVP, or your first paying customers, we match you with what you need — not what's available. Here's what that looks like in practice:

LATEST LAWTECH NEWS

News
Shaping Future Legal Careers in a Tech-Driven Landscape - Key Takeaways for Aspiring Lawyers
Shaping Future Legal Careers in a Tech-Driven Landscape - Key Takeaways for Aspiring Lawyers

As technology continues to reshape professional services, the legal sector is undergoing rapid and lasting change. Recognising the importance of preparing future talent, SuperTech WM recently led a regional event exploring The Future of Legal Careers in a Tech-Driven Landscape, delivered in partnership with Shoosmiths and supported by Birmingham Law Society and Birmingham City University.  

Bringing together around 70 students, practitioners and legal technology innovators, the event highlighted a defining message: Technology is not replacing lawyers — it is redefining what great lawyers do.  

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SuperTech reveals tech innovators for innovation programme: harnessing Legal AI to strengthen pro bono capacity and widen access to justice
SuperTech reveals tech innovators for innovation programme: harnessing Legal AI to strengthen pro bono capacity and widen access to justice

SuperTech West Midlands has announced the technology companies selected for the LawTech Open Innovation Lab, a national programme designed to benchmark Legal AI tools in real world legal workflows. Uniquely, every workflow in the programme contributes directly to improving pro bono capacity and access to justice.

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Aston University supports programme to help law firms shape the next generation of Legal AI
Aston University supports programme to help law firms shape the next generation of Legal AI

Aston University has joined SuperTech’s LawTech Innovation Challenge to help law firms shape the next generation of Legal AI. The partnership brings academic rigour to an eight‑week programme where legal teams and technology SMEs evaluate AI tools in real‑world workflows. With support from Aston’s Centre of Excellence for Enterprise AI, the initiative aims to create shared benchmarks, generate evidence‑based insights and accelerate responsible adoption of Legal AI across the sector.

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SuperTech Invites Technology SMEs to Join Cross-Firm Legal AI Benchmarking in LawTech Innovation Challenge
SuperTech Invites Technology SMEs to Join Cross-Firm Legal AI Benchmarking in LawTech Innovation Challenge

SuperTech has opened applications for technology SMEs to take part in its second LawTech Innovation Challenge, calling on innovative companies to help shape the next generation of Legal AI. The programme builds on the success of its UK- first, sector-led challenge and provides SMEs with a rare opportunity to test and benchmark their AI tools against real legal workflows across multiple firms.

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Research highlights power of open innovation to support the UK’s industrial strategy in professional services
Research highlights power of open innovation to support the UK’s industrial strategy in professional services

New research from Oxford Brookes Business School highlights how open innovation can accelerate transformation in UK legal services.

Oxford Brookes University’s latest study shows how our LawTech Open Innovation Lab (LOIL) Challenge helps law firms, tech innovators and the SRA work together to adopt new technologies faster and more effectively.

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Reforming Home Buying: Real Momentum, Real Opportunity
Reforming Home Buying: Real Momentum, Real Opportunity

Reforming Home Buying: Real Momentum, Real Opportunity

Home Buying and Selling Reform
The UK government’s new consultation on home buying and selling reformwhich welcomes contributions up until 29December, signals a defining moment for the property sector. With industry, innovators, and policymakers finally aligned, the opportunity for real change has never been greater. Here’s why this matters, and how the West Midlands is already leading the charge.

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PODCASTS

Beyond The Capital
Service Design, AI and Cultural Change: Inside Thorntons' TiPS Journey
Service Design, AI and Cultural Change: Inside Thorntons' TiPS Journey

This is the third episode of a four-part mini-series of Beyond the Capital from SuperTech WM, in partnership with the TiPS Accelerator—a programme helping regional law and accountancy firms adopt new technology.

This episode features leaders from Thorntons Law LLP, a full-service Scottish law firm, who speak to host Hilary Smyth-Allen about their journey through the TiPS Accelerator. 

Sarah Blair, Jane McCance, and Lewis Quinn unpack how the firm used service design thinking to drive digital transformation, build AI literacy, and surface the real human challenges behind legal tech adoption.

From co-creating solutions with colleagues to embracing “messy” innovation, they share a deeply people-first approach to change—and how that’s shaping a new internal transformation programme for the firm.

Building Trust in Legal Tech: Weightmans and the TiPS Challenge
Building Trust in Legal Tech: Weightmans and the TiPS Challenge

This is the second episode of a four-part mini-series of our Beyond the Capital podcase, in partnership with the TiPS Accelerator—a programme helping regional law and accountancy firms adopt new technology.

In this episode, host Hilary Smyth-Allen speaks to Dr Catriona Wolfenden, Director of Product and Innovation at Weightmans, a top-40 UK law firm. She shares insights from Weightmans’ participation in the TiPS accelerator programme, focusing on how trust plays a pivotal role in the successful adoption of legal technology, especially emerging tools like generative AI.


How the Technology in Professional Services Accelerator (TiPS) is helping law and accountancy firms adopt tech
How the Technology in Professional Services Accelerator (TiPS) is helping law and accountancy firms adopt tech

In this episode of Beyond the Capital from SuperTech WM, we find out about the TiPS Accelerator - a programme helping regional law and accountancy firms adopt new technology. Hilary Smith-Allen is joined by the research team at Oxford Brookes Business School.

CASE STUDIES

Case Studies
SUPERTECH'S LAWTECH ONBOARDING INNOVATION CHALLENGE - WITH GATELEY
SUPERTECH'S LAWTECH ONBOARDING INNOVATION CHALLENGE - WITH GATELEY

In this case study, Gateley reflects on the value of bringing law firms together with legal tech partners who listen carefully to real onboarding challenges and then develop practical, innovative responses. The focus is on openness - sharing what’s difficult today and being willing to change what isn’t working.

Lexverify: Next Generation Compliance Pioneer Gearing up for Growth 
Lexverify: Next Generation Compliance Pioneer Gearing up for Growth 

Lexverify, headquartered in Birmingham, provides next generation compliance solutions so that organisations can benefit from real-time risk prevention and Legal and Risk & Compliance teams gain real-time visibility of conduct risk. We spoke with CEO and Founder Dr Cristian Gherhes, to understand how SuperTech has supported them on their growth journey.

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USEFUL LINKS

GSLEP
West Midlands Growth Hubs for sector-specific business support, skills support and access to finance.

West Midlands Innovation Alliance
West Midlands Innovation Alliance for science and technology based innovation.

Birmingham Tech
Birmingham Tech for knowledge, insight and support for tech organisations across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

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