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We’re excited to launch the first version of GitLaw today.
Our goal is to democratize legal contracts, empowering anyone to create and review contracts without the barriers of an old legal process which was often expensive, excruciatingly slow and frustrating.
The GitLaw team has built multiple companies across different categories and watched countless fellow entrepreneurs struggle with legal document costs and complexity. We’d love to hear your feedback as we embark on our journey to fundamentally change how people access legal support.
Why Git for Law matters
Traditional legal document versioning uses a linear system (v1, v2, v3) that allows only one user to edit at a time, creating merge conflicts and collaboration issues when multiple parties create changes at the same time. This turn-based approach has been a persistent challenge for legal technologists seeking better document control and collaboration solutions.
Git offers a branch-based versioning framework that enables multiple parties to edit documents simultaneously and merge their changes seamlessly into a master version. This granular version control tracks every modification at a detailed level, providing comprehensive version control management that the legal industry has been unwilling to change to date.
The practical benefits are significant: aligning versions and tracking who accepted and changed what can traditionally require hours of manual work. With Git, it can be completed in minutes. This streamlined process eliminates versioning risks and complexity while supporting increasing automation as AI is applied to legal documents.
The platform where open source legal documents live
Our goal is also to make GitLaw the global platform where open source legal documents live — where lawyers and users collaborate, contribute, and maintain legal contracts that power both business and personal agreements - and maybe one day also governmental legal work.
GitLaw will track every revision to a legal document—who changed what, when, and why—bringing version control to contracts. Users will be able to fork agreements to fit their specific needs, propose edits via pull requests, and comment on clauses to build consensus or flag issues. GitLaw will support collaboration between lawyers, clients, and counterparties, making negotiation more transparent and efficient. Community-reviewed templates, clause-level preferences, and AI-powered suggestions will help users draft better documents faster, while a shared public library ensures the best legal knowledge spreads across jurisdictions and industries.
- Hosts legal contracts: Stores legal documents in public or private repositories, making them accessible, reusable, and versioned.
- Tracks changes: Uses Git to track every change to a contract—who edited it, what was changed, and when—bringing full transparency and accountability.
- Enables collaboration: Allows lawyers and users from around the world to propose improvements, redlines, or alternatives using pull requests.
- Manages contributions: Makes it easy to review edits, discuss legal reasoning, and merge changes—all in one place.
- Builds community: Legal professionals and organizations can star, follow, and contribute to shared templates and best practices.
- Acts as a portfolio: Lawyers, businesses, and public bodies can showcase their expertise and contributions to open legal infrastructure.
