Justice technology is the design of systems, tools, and practices that make justice easier to reach, more responsive, and more present in people’s everyday lives.

Right now, most “justice tech” is tied to the legal system: digitizing courts, automating paperwork, streamlining how lawyers work. That’s useful, but it’s not the whole picture.

Justice isn’t just about laws and courtrooms. Justice is about fairness, dignity, and resolution in the conflicts and challenges we face every day—on campuses, at work, in communities, even online.

That means justice technology has to stretch further.

It should support the courts, but not be trapped by them. It should build new pathways for people to find resolution outside of formal systems. It should meet people where they are—on their phones, in their workplaces, in their classrooms—and put real options in their hands.

Justice tech can be bigger than legal tech. It can be a way of making justice abundant.