JuST – Jurisdiction Support for Refugees through Thoughtful Software is an innovative research project that provides targeted support to lawyers working in migration law. It focuses on the European asylum law reform (Common European Asylum System, CEAS), which will be enacted on June 12, 2026. It will bring about the most significant change to German asylum law since 1993. With nine regulations and one directive, it is a comprehensive set of rules governing the reception of asylum seekers, the screening process, and the asylum procedure. German asylum law is currently undergoing a fundamental revision, and many standards will only be found in European legal texts in the future. This complicates the work of German legal practitioners, as they often have to consult several German and European legal texts to understand the new system.
The JuST project is developing an AI-supported platform based on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architecture. This will make it possible to quickly search legal sources, judgments, regulations, and debates in compliance with data protection regulations, and to link their content. The aim is to make legal work more efficient by providing lawyers with targeted and subject-specific support in their research and text creation.
JuST – Jurisdiction Support for Refugees through Thoughtful Software is an innovative research project that provides targeted support to lawyers working in migration law. It focuses on the European asylum law reform (Common European Asylum System, CEAS), which will be enacted on June 12, 2026. It will bring about the most significant change to German asylum law since 1993. With nine regulations and one directive, it is a comprehensive set of rules governing the reception of asylum seekers, the screening process, and the asylum procedure. German asylum law is currently undergoing a fundamental revision, and many standards will only be found in European legal texts in the future. This complicates the work of German legal practitioners, as they often have to consult several German and European legal texts to understand the new system.
The JuST project is developing an AI-supported platform based on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architecture. This will make it possible to quickly search legal sources, judgments, regulations, and debates in compliance with data protection regulations, and to link their content. The aim is to make legal work more efficient by providing lawyers with targeted and subject-specific support in their research and text creation.
The solution currently under development is based on a retrieval augmented generation (RAG) architecture that combines classic database search with generative AI. The system is being developed and evaluated in several steps:
The project Jurisdiction Support for Refugees through Thoughtful Software, or JuST for short, is funded by Hamburg Innovation GmbH through Calls for Transfer. The project will run for twelve months, from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Legal Tech Night and Legal Tech Day 2025 in Berlin Last week, we were busy with our project 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗳𝘂 𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 (JuST) at Legal Tech Night and Legal Tech Day in Berlin! It was incredibly exciting to see how many start-ups and companies are currently active in the field of […]
JuST at the Hamburg Innovation Summit 2025 Quint Haidar Aly and Marten Borchers had the honor of presenting JuST, which is funded by Hamburg Innovation GmbH‘s Calls for Transfer, at the Hamburg Innovation Summit HISS 2025! In the 𝗝𝘂𝗦𝗧 or project 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥 𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹 Software We are focusing on the development […]
We are happy about the launch of the JuST project The JuST project supports lawyers, authorities, and counseling centers specializing in migration law in implementing the complex GEAS regulations and EU directives. The goal is to create an AI-supported platform that facilitates access to relevant legal sources, simplifies application in migration law, and improves law […]
