A local startup, born out of the frustrations of legal professionals, is aiming to change a largely paper-based industry with an integrated digital solution. Nearly a year old, Five Square Software has launched a digital legal library and case management system designed to streamline access to legal documents and tools scattered across a bloated service sector.
Yeshiwas Eyasu, founder and CEO of the company behind Ethiopian Legal Insight, anticipates that the country’s more than 5,000 attorneys will soon be registered on the platform. Over the past three decades, the House of People’s Representatives has ratified over 1,340 proclamations, the Council of Ministers has approved around 1,000 regulations, and individual authorities across each Regional State have implemented tens of thousands of directives.
A lawyer himself, with a legal career that includes a tenure as a judge, Yeshiwas has firsthand experience with the challenges of obtaining legal documents and managing court proceedings. “Tens of thousands of documents stretching back decades are randomly distributed across the country,” Yeshiwas told Shega.
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