Lusaka, Zambia - The Chandler Institute of Justice (CIJ) and Adalat AI are proud to announce a new partnership to design and deploy AI-driven solutions that strengthen justice systems across Africa. The collaboration will support courts, ministries, law reform bodies, and the wider legal profession, including private sector lawyers and law firms, to modernise workflows, improve data management, and enable faster, evidence-based decision-making for their clients and citizens.

Harnessing AI to Transform Justice Delivery
Through this partnership, CIJ and Adalat AI will combine CIJ’s deep expertise in governance and law reform with Adalat AI’s advanced AI and machine learning capabilities and its field-tested experience implementing AI systems across more than nine Indian states, reaching over 4,000 courtrooms, and training thousands of judges and court staff to use technology in their daily work.

Adalat AI’s co-founders, Utkarsh Saxena and Arghya Bhattacharya, visited Zambia, where CIJ organised a series of workshops and roundtables with judicial stakeholders to enable discussions on the Zambian judiciary’s unique operational and linguistic challenges, and the customisations required to ensure these AI solutions are contextually grounded and effective.

The collaboration will focus on building solutions that enhance efficiency, promote transparency, and expand access to justice, while safeguarding institutional integrity and human oversight.

A Shared Commitment to Innovation and Good Governance
“CIJ is deeply invested in the future of justice in Africa. Through this partnership, we are not only introducing new technology but reimagining how justice can be delivered, faster, fairer, and with greater accountability,” said Ron Chari, Executive Director of the Chandler Institute of Justice. “By working with Adalat AI, we are giving our government clients and partners across the justice ecosystem access to cutting-edge tools that improve efficiency, reduce administrative burdens, and free up capacity for what matters most, delivering justice and legal services to citizens and clients alike.”

About the Partnership
The partnership builds on both organisations’ shared vision to make governance and justice more effective through innovation. It aligns with CIJ’s mission to support government-led reforms that strengthen legal and institutional capacity, and with Adalat AI’s goal of using technology and artificial intelligence solutions to make justice systems more accessible, data-driven, and efficient.

This partnership marks a major step forward in harnessing technology to make justice systems across Africa more transparent, efficient, and accessible.