Equal access to legal services

Artificial intelligence should help people access legal services more conveniently and economically — not reinforce the monopolisation of legal services. Unfortunately, most AI legal tools on the market today primarily serve the wealthy, not the general public.

Everyone should have equal access to legal services, rather than seeing existing social disparities widen. ZAAN was founded to prevent the monopolisation of legal services. If legal services come to be controlled by a few, only the economically privileged will be able to understand and use society's rules — and the concentration will only deepen, because only they can afford the tools. The majority is left at a disadvantage. Regrettably, few in the legal profession, lawyers included, are focused on this problem.

ZAAN's mission and founding principles

Our guiding philosophy

As the saying goes, "the world is bustling, all for self-interest." ZAAN asks a different question: what can we leave for this world? Our answer is reducing inequality in legal services.

Our core value is protection for all, by closing the gaps that AI legal tools would otherwise open. We believe basic services must be free, profits reasonably controlled, and earnings partly reinvested in building a borderless legal community that enables affordable, targeted legal services globally. That is what Open Bar is for.

Community building and future outlook

Community building relies on effective incentive mechanisms — our legal knowledge marketplace — and on global participation in building and improving a shared knowledge base. Our vision is a borderless legal world with equal access to legal knowledge, regardless of socioeconomic status.

ZAAN democratises legal services through technology and community power, creating a fairer, more inclusive legal environment.