LEAP Legal 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.
History LEAP Legal Software was founded in 1992 by Christian Beck.Blackbird Ventures "LEAP Co-Founder Christian Beck" 4 June 2015
In 2010, LEAP Office 10 was launched at the NSW State Legal Conference."300 People Attend Launch of LEAP Office 10" Legal Practice Intelligence, 30 August 2010
LEAP also purchased BING! Software, a family law precedents business.Squillante, Neil. "LEAP 365 Offers Practice Management and Document Assembly Everywhere You Go" TechnoLawyer 22 September 2016
In 2012, LEAP Expedite was replaced with a rewritten cloud product. LEAP began rolling out the cloud version of its software to law firms in Australia in January 2013.
LEAP expanded to the UK and US markets in 2014"LEAP Legal Software is now in the UK" Legal Practice Intelligence, 13 November 2014 and 2015.Needham, Lisa. "LEAP Moves Document Assembly to the Cloud with Office 365's Web Apps" Lawyerist.com, 13 September 2016
LEAP 365 was the first software-as-a-service legal application for the Australian market.Butler, Stephen. "Cloud computing explained for a law firm" Australasian Legal Practice Management Association, 25 June 2013 LEAP 365 was released for the UK and US markets at an event at Yankee Stadium on September 12, 2016.
In 2019, LEAP entered into a joint venture with LexisNexis Legal Professional to operate PCLaw.
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.
Software All LEAP data is stored in AWS (Amazon Web Services) in dedicated facilities around the world.
LEAP Legal Software introduced mobile app integration in mid-2013.Legal Practice Intelligence "How Lawyers Are Using Mobile Devices - The LEAP Experience" Legal Practice Intelligence, 23 June 2016
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.Needham, Lisa. "LEAP Moves Document Assembly To the Cloud With Office 365's Web Apps" Lawyerist.com, 13 September 2016
Leadership Christian Beck, Founder Nik Samuelson, Chief Operating Officer Vahdat Dastpak, Chief Technology Officer, LEAP Dev
Corporate development Acquisitions LEAP Legal Software has acquired several companies and brands: Law Perfect in 2007 BING! in 2008"LEAP Legal Software Pty Ltd Acquires the BING Family Law Software Business" Legal Practice Intelligence, March 14, 2010 LegalPax in 2008 LawWare in 2012LEAP Legal Software Acquires LawWare "LEAP Legal Software Acquires LawWare" Legal Practice Intelligence, 29 April 2012 Peapod Legal Software in 2013Venables, Delia. "Cloud-based software for lawyers" InfoLaw, September 2016 Edgebyte in 2014Insight Legal "Lawbyte from Edgebyte" Easysoft, Perfect Software (Perfect Books) in 2015 DivorceMate, Softdocs & Infinitylaw in 2021 Bradley Software in 2022 WealthCounsel in 2023
Internal start-up: InfoTrack 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.https://web.archive.org/web/20170626020016/https://www.legalpracticeintelligence.com.au/the-launch-of-infotrack-online-searching-service-and-information-broker/ "The Launch of InfoTrack Online Searching Service and Information Broker"] Legal Practice Intelligence, 20 March 2012 It had a reported annual revenue of A$144 million in 2015.Thompson, Sarah et al."InfoTrack Moves Towards IPO Starter's Gun" The Australian Financial Review, 21 March 2016
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