Law students interested in helping redesign how legal work gets done have just two days left to apply for Spellbook’s new fellowship program.
Applications for the Fall 2026 cohort of the Spellbook Legal Fellowship close on Wednesday, July 15. The program is part of a $1 million fund created by the Toronto legal technology company to support students working at the intersection of law, systems thinking, and technology.
Each recipient selected in 2026 will receive $25,000 to spend a semester examining a specific problem within the legal system and developing a practical response.
Potential projects could address an inconsistent contract review process, a negotiation workflow that creates unnecessary friction, a confusing intake experience, or another inefficient aspect of legal practice. The final result could take the form of a playbook, workflow memo, design brief, prototype, startup, or another concrete deliverable.
Spellbook plans to select at least two fellows each semester.
In addition to financial support, fellows will receive mentorship from Spellbook co-founder Daniel Di Maria and other members of the company’s team. They will also receive free access to Spellbook for five years, early access to beta features, and opportunities to test their ideas with people building technology for real legal workflows.
Applicants must currently be attending law school, but they do not need to know how to code.
Instead, Spellbook is looking for students who can identify a specific process that is not working well and articulate how it could be improved. Experience building something, working with a startup, or thinking seriously about technology policy and implementation may strengthen an application.
The fellowship is structured to fit alongside a student’s coursework, with participants concentrating on one problem and one defined project over the course of the semester.
Spellbook launched the fund to provide aspiring legal innovators with the financial flexibility and industry exposure needed to pursue ideas outside the traditional law school and legal career paths.
The company’s AI platform is used by more than 4,500 law firms and in-house legal teams to draft, review, compare, and work with commercial legal documents.
Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and must be submitted through Spellbook’s fellowship website by July 15.