Durham-based start-up Courtroom5 won the $ 5,000 grand prize at Duke Law Tech Lab’s third annual Demo Day on Sept. 20. It was the culmination of a three-month pre-accelerator program for promising early-stage legal technology companies.
Courtroom5 offers tools and resources for pro se litigants with online service that provides users with a case management platform, common legal document templates, instructions on procedure, access to a case law library among other resources.
The other finalists were San Antonio-based Easy Expunctions, which offers expedited expunction services for a reduced flat fee, Raleigh-based Civvis, which helps public and legal organizations communicate with the court system by digitizing forms and transmitting information; Dallas-based FastVisa, which helps employers improve the workflow for immigration processing; and Text A Lawyer, a Portland, Ore., company that facilitates instant chats with licensed attorneys.
