LexMotus Legal Aid
The full platform. Free, for the organizations who need it most.
Qualifying legal aid organizations run on the full Intelligence tier — every feature, every integration, and free implementation — at no cost.
Email legalaid@lexmotus.com if you prefer to skip the form.
Why we do this.
The people doing the work on eviction defense, domestic violence restraining orders, asylum cases, veterans’ benefits, and civil-rights impact litigation are some of the most overloaded legal professionals in the country. They also tend to be running on whatever donated software, spreadsheet, or ten-year-old case management system they could afford.
AI-assisted practice management can close that gap — if it’s actually available to legal aid organizations without a procurement fight. So we built LexMotus Legal Aid as a normal part of the product, not a marketing promotion. The tier is real, the feature set is the same, and the support is the same.
What’s included
There is no “free tier with an asterisk.” Legal Aid tenants get the full Intelligence-tier product plus every integration and the implementation team’s time.
Intelligence tier — every feature
Matter & document management, AI semantic search, AI briefings, AI drafting, negotiation tracking, automation rules, intake pipeline, IOLTA trust accounting, reporting — everything a paying Intelligence-plan firm gets.
All integration add-ons included
Twilio SMS, DocuSign, E-Filing, the Litigation Bundle, and the PI Pack — normally $25–$60 per user per month — are on by default.
Free implementation & data migration
Our implementation team imports your existing cases, contacts, documents, and time entries from Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, LegalServer, Excel — whatever you're running — at no cost.
Pro-bono seats on top
Need to bring in volunteer attorneys who aren't on your staff roster? Additional pro-bono seats are available at no charge beyond your contracted seat count.
Same security posture
Tenant-isolated Postgres RLS, encryption in transit and at rest, SSO-ready auth with TOTP 2FA, audited access. The free tier is not a stripped-down tier — it is the product.
Ongoing support
Priority email support, product updates, and new features roll out to Legal Aid tenants at the same cadence as paying customers.
Who qualifies
If your organization does public-interest legal work and has a nonprofit determination (IRS 501(c)(3) or the equivalent registration in your country), you almost certainly qualify.
- 501(c)(3) legal aid societies and civil legal services organizations
- Nonprofit public-interest law firms (immigration, tenants' rights, domestic violence, etc.)
- Pro-bono programs run by bar associations and law schools
- Law school clinics providing direct client services
- Indigenous / tribal legal services programs
- International equivalents: registered charities under local law with equivalent mission
Not sure if your organization fits? Email legalaid@lexmotus.com and we’ll tell you straight.
How it works
Four steps from interest to live tenant.
- 1
Apply
Send us your organization name, EIN (or local equivalent), IRS determination letter (or country-specific charity registration), and a short description of your caseload.
- 2
Verify
We confirm status against IRS exemption records or the relevant registry. Most verifications finish within a few business days.
- 3
Migrate
Our implementation team schedules a kickoff, maps your existing data, runs the import, and validates results with your staff.
- 4
Go live
Your team is onboarded — typically in days, not quarters — and the tenant stays on the free tier as long as eligibility is maintained.
Annual re-verification
Once a year we confirm that your nonprofit status is still active and that LexMotus is still being used for public-interest legal work. It’s a quick email exchange with whoever you designate as the point of contact. The program only works long-term if it stays narrow — so the annual check-in keeps it honest without turning into a compliance burden.
If eligibility lapses (for example, the org converts to a for-profit entity), we work with you on a transition to a paid tier with reasonable notice. Data stays yours either way.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a cap on seats?
- No fixed ceiling. We review each organization's seat count against caseload at application and at the annual re-verification. If your staffing grows, you just let us know.
- What if we do a mix of pro-bono and paid work?
- If most of your work is nonprofit mission work and you occasionally handle a reduced-fee case, you're still eligible for the Legal Aid tier. If you are a for-profit firm that also takes pro-bono matters, use the pro-bono seat grant on your paid plan instead — we added it for exactly this case.
- What happens at the annual review?
- Once a year we spot-check that your IRS 501(c)(3) status (or local-registry equivalent) is still active and confirm continued use for public-interest work. If anything changes — e.g., the organization converts to a for-profit model — we work with you to transition onto a paid tier with reasonable notice.
- Do you require attribution?
- No. You don't owe us a logo on your website, a social media post, or a case study. If you want to tell other legal aid orgs about the program, we'll happily cheer you on — but nothing is required.
- Can public defenders qualify?
- Publicly funded defender offices are a little different because they're government entities, not 501(c)(3) nonprofits. Email us — we evaluate these case-by-case and generally say yes for indigent-defense offices.
- What about law school clinics?
- Yes — clinics that provide direct client services qualify. We can scope a tenant specifically for the clinic so it doesn't commingle with the broader university.
- Do you store our matter data any differently?
- No. Legal Aid tenants live in the same multi-tenant Postgres cluster as paying firms, with the same row-level-security isolation. Nothing about your data security changes because you're on the free tier.
- What's the catch?
- Honestly, nothing we're hiding. The catch is that this program only works if it stays narrow — verified nonprofits doing public-interest legal work. That's why we verify, and why there's an annual check.
Ready to apply?
Send us your organization name, EIN (or equivalent), determination letter, and a sentence or two about your caseload. We’ll reply within a few business days.