Jun 2, 2026 – 5.00amThe law can be a bit like a foreign language, with its strange words, Latin terms and hyper-specific phrases. It takes years of study to become fluent. For the lay person, understanding all this legalese is hard enough: speaking it is nigh impossible.Until today. Thanks to two teams of Melbourne legal experts and computer scientists, there’s now a kind of Google Translate for law, which lets ordinary people use their own words when looking for pro bono legal help. It’s a major win for access to justice, and it’s all powered by AI.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles