
Y-Park at Yaroslav the Wise National Law University starts digitizing 25,000 rare legal volumes and building AI tools aimed at Ukraine's legal sector and veterans.
Y-Park, a science and technology park at Yaroslav the Wise National Law University in Kharkiv, has launched as what it says is continental Europe's first dedicated LegalTech and artificial intelligence hub. The park is digitizing 25,000 rare legal volumes–some dating to the 16th century–and developing AI-powered tools for lawyers, legislators, and veterans, the university said in a statement.
The collection includes Polish Kingdom legislation and Roman law treatises from 1826. Approximately 16,000 volumes remain to be scanned. Once complete, the dataset will serve as a continental European equivalent to Harvard Law School's Caselaw Access Project, the university said. The project targets $100 million in grants, institutional funding, and private partnerships through 2031.
The global LegalTech market was valued at $27.6 billion and is forecast to reach $35.6 billion by 2027, according to industry data cited by the university.
Y-Park's infrastructure includes JURIS.AI, an AI-powered legal assistant for lawyers, investigators, and legislators. A separate civic initiative platform is modeled on Latvia's ManaBalss.lv, which lets citizens propose legislation. The park also built a legal navigator that consolidates 156 legislative acts from 18 government agencies for more than one million Ukrainian veterans.
Founded in 1804, Yaroslav the Wise National Law University counts 100,000 alumni, including ten of the eighteen justices on Ukraine's Constitutional Court. The project is led by Rector Anatoliy Hetman and Vice-Rector for Research Dmytro Luchenko. Academic partnerships include Harvard Law School's Berkman Klein Center, Stanford CODEX, Bucerius Law School, and the University of Helsinki's Legal Tech Lab.
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