Special thanks to everyone who helped make The Justice Hack 2025 a reality, including our sponsors and partners McCarthy Tétrault, Clio, Northpoint Legal LLP, and Access to Justice BC.
Awards
Champion’s Award
HackNCheese (Employment Agreement Analyzer): An AI-powered employment agreement analyzer that helps workers understand their contracts, get plain-language summaries, and connect with lawyers—reducing costs and making legal review more accessible.
- Emily Martin
- Andrew Munro-West
Impact Award
Amici Curaie: A voice- and text-based intake tool that helps legal support volunteers gather facts faster through multilingual, structured questioning—cutting burnout, improving accuracy, and freeing time for real problem-solving across the access-to-justice network.
Growth Mindset Award
Workplace Wizards: A guided “wizard” that helps workers navigate bullying and harassment issues by pinpointing the right tribunal or process—bridging the gap between confusing LLM outputs and the real-world pathways of B.C.’s employment and human rights systems.
- Lachlan Deyong
- Mariia Morello
- Gurv Bhandhar
- Tomohiro Yamamoto
Special Thanks
Volunteers & Organizers
- Hayley Woodin Hastings (chair, co-founder)
- Brandon Hastings (co-chair, founder)
- Lindsay Frame
- Juliet Watts
- Toby Tobkin
- Jamileh Zamani
- Shelley Woodin
- Brenda Ferero
Sponsors & Partners
Mentors
Speakers
- Cornelius van Heerden (Google)
- Tanner Lorenson (McCarthy Tétrault)
- Gordon Harkness (WorkSafe BC)
- Shelley Lopez (Civil Resolution Tribunal)
- David Kandestin (People’s Law School)
- Brandon Hastings (The Justice Hack)
Judges
- Cornelius van Heerden (Google)
- Tanner Lorenson (McCarthy Tétrault)
- Camden Hutchison (UBC Allard School of Law)
- Shelley Russell (WorkSafe BC)
Honourary Advisory Committee
- Hayley Woodin Hastings (chair, co-founder)
- Brandon Hastings (co-chair, founder)
- Gerry Akkerman (advisor)
- Salman Azam (advisor)
- Matt Canzer (advisor)
- Lindsay Frame (advisor)
- Karen Gilmore (advisor)
- William O’Hanley (advisor)
- Tina Parbhakar (advisor)
- Toby Tobkin (advisor)