Hyderabad: Moving beyond courtrooms and boardrooms, many law students and young graduates are now stepping into entrepreneurship by building platforms that address gaps in the legal industry.From contract drafting and document search tools to AI-powered legal assistants, they are increasingly using vibe coding — building software by simply interacting with AI assistants instead of writing code line by line — to launch firms and offer legal-tech services.The trend is gaining momentum not only in Telangana but also across law schools and among young legal professionals nationwide. A glance at Vibecode.law, an open platform for legal professionals building with AI, shows at least 73 projects from around the world tackling various legal challenges.“I got interested in tech while interning with a startup. Soon, I started using Claude Code and turned my idea into a working platform. Now, around 10 to 15 firms are using the demo version of my platform,” said Navis Rohan, a final-year law student who launched Safe Clause, a startup that helps startups and small businesses with contract drafting and review.Speaking to TOI, he said users can generate a first draft of a contract within minutes by simply sharing the required details. “We also offer lawyer review services, but that is paid. I am also offering the platform to firms for white-labelling so they can use it in-house,” he added, noting that many law students are now exploring this route to build viable products.Similarly, Sneha Ganapavarapu, a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur from the city who is currently based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, created Pactora, a tool designed to identify liability, indemnity, intellectual property ownership, termination, and negotiation pressure points in customer and vendor contracts even before the documents reach legal review.“I built Pactora because I spent six years as a commercial lawyer watching the same problem repeat itself: business and commercial teams signing or flagging contracts without understanding where the real risk lay, and legal teams receiving documents too late and with too little context to add meaningful value before a deadline,” she said, adding that around 10 founders are currently beta testing her product.Faculty members and alumni of NALSAR University of Law said many students are experimenting with coding through AI tools, and that the country is likely to witness a rise in legal-tech entrepreneurs in the coming years.“I have noticed many students getting into coding. I see them using these tools and discussing them on campus. The legal-tech field will definitely flourish in the near future. Along with joining traditional law firms, students will also increasingly learn how to effectively use AI tools,” said Krishna Ravi Srinivas, adjunct professor at NALSAR.
