LEAPLegal Software is a privately held technology company that develops practice management software for the legal profession which includes legal accounting, document assembly, management and legal publishing assets.[1]
History
LEAP Legal Software was founded in 1992 by Christian Beck.[2]
At the beginning of 2010, LEAP launched a cloud software called LEAP Expedite.[3] It also purchased BING! Software, a family law precedents business.[4]
LEAP Office 10 was launched at the NSW State Legal Conference in August 2010.[5]
In 2012, LEAP Expedite was replaced with a rewritten cloud product.[3] LEAP began rolling out the cloud version of its software to law firms in Australia in January 2013.[6]
LEAP expanded to the UK and US markets in 2014[7] and 2015.[8]
LEAP 365 was the first software-as-a-service legal application for the Australian market.[9] LEAP 365 was released for the UK and US markets at an event at Yankee Stadium on September 12, 2016.[4]
In 2019, LEAP entered into a joint venture with LexisNexis Legal Professional to operate PCLaw | Time Matters.[6]
In 2024, a Melbourne lawyer using LEAP's AI software was referred to complaints body after AI generated made-up case citations in family court.[10][11]
Software
All LEAP data is stored in AWS (Amazon Web Services) in dedicated facilities around the world.[6]
LEAP Legal Software introduced mobile app integration in mid-2013.[12]
Integration with Microsoft
LEAP was integrated with Microsoft Office in 2002. In January 2016, LEAP completed an integration with the new Microsoft Office 365 software allowing complex document assembly to occur in the cloud rather than the desktop.[13]
Initially a division of LEAP known as LEAP Searching, InfoTrack was launched as a separate company in 2012 and has since been brought under the umbrella company of Australian Technology Investors.[27][28] It had a reported annual revenue of A$144 million in 2015.[29]
