MiAI Law Launches AI-Powered Legal Reasoning Platform
Sydney, Australia – March 16, 2026 – MiAI Law has officially launched its artificial intelligence-powered legal reasoning platform following a period of beta testing with legal professionals. The launch comes after a $2 million funding round last year, attracting investment from former employees of Citibank and JPMorgan [MiAI Law].
Revolutionizing Legal Research with AI
Founded in 2024 by barrister Laina Chan, MiAI Law differentiates itself from traditional legal research tools by focusing on why legal precedents matter, rather than simply locating cases and statutes. The platform utilizes AI to generate legal reasoning and conclusions, supporting analytical processing instead of merely retrieving or summarizing legal materials [YouTube].
Key Features: LawCheck and AppealCheck
Beyond its core reasoning capabilities, MiAI Law incorporates features designed to proactively identify potential weaknesses in legal strategies. ‘LawCheck’ aims to pinpoint gaps in advice, while ‘AppealCheck’ focuses on identifying legal vulnerabilities before an appeal is filed [MiAI Law].
Founder’s Vision: Augmenting, Not Replacing, Legal Judgment
Laina Chan, CEO and Founder of MiAI Law, emphasizes the platform’s role as a tool to enhance, not replace, human legal judgment. “Most tools can locate a case or statute, but they don’t show you why it matters, how it connects, or where the reasoning may fail. MiAI Law delivers transparent, methodical reports that lawyers can verify and test,” Chan stated [MiAI Law]. She further added, “AI can support judgment, but it must never obscure it. MiAI Law is designed to strengthen professional reasoning, not replace it.”
Laina Chan: From Barrister to LegalTech Leader
Laina Chan brings over 20 years of experience as a barrister to her role as CEO of MiAI Law. She holds dual qualifications in Pure Mathematics and Law from the University of Sydney and was a participant in the 2019 Management Excellence cohort at Harvard Business School [MiAI Law]. Chan is as well an award-winning legal professional, recognized as the 2021 Lawyers Weekly Female Barrister of the Year and a consistent finalist for the Australian Barrister of the Year award since 2019 [MiAI Law]. She is also a LexisNexis author and editorial board member, and co-author of a 2019 Federation Press publication [MiAI Law].
First-Principles Legal Reasoning
MiAI Law’s architecture is designed by Chan, who writes the core algorithms powering the platform’s “world-first, first-principles legal reasoning” [LinkedIn].
The company’s approach aims to provide a more robust and insightful legal research experience, moving beyond simple information retrieval to deliver actionable intelligence for legal professionals.