Open Standards for Legal Practice
Building the infrastructure for a more accessible legal system
The Neon Law Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit developing open standards, education resources, and tools that help legal professionals deliver consistent, competent, and affordable legal services.
Harness: A Legal Workflow Standard
Harness is our open standard for encoding legal workflows as deterministic, auditable processes. Templates define the work. Notations track each client engagement. State machines ensure every step is completed in the right order.
Any law firm, legal aid organization, or solo practitioner can adopt Harness — it's free, open source, and designed to work with existing legal practice management tools.
Read the Harness documentation →Templates
Markdown files combining client questionnaires, staff review workflows, and document bodies using Liquid templating.
Notations
Live instances of templates that track lifecycle states: open, review, waiting, and closed.
State Machines
Finite paths with explicit transitions that guarantee questionnaires and workflows are completed correctly.
Legal Education Resources
Open-source CLE materials and lesson plans for legal professionals navigating modern practice.
Citation Verification
Standards and tools for verifying legal citations before they reach a court or client.
AI in Legal Practice
Safe use of AI tools — what to trust, what to verify, and how to document your review.
Deterministic Workflows
How to build legal workflows that produce consistent, defensible outcomes every time.
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