Legaline Platform, an AI-native legal platform built in the UAE, has announced the launch of Meta Legal Space, MENA’s first AI-powered mock trial, at Dubai AI Festival, held on 26 and 27 October 2026 at Dubai World Trade Centre, it was revealed in a press statement.
Meta Legal Space gives law students and legal trainees a virtual courtroom, with an AI judge, clerk, witnesses and experts, in which to train under conditions close to real litigation.
Trainees enter a customisable virtual courtroom and argue their case before an AI judge, with an AI clerk, witnesses and experts. Opposing counsel can be AI or a classmate. Nothing is scripted: each participant responds the way people do in a live hearing.
Witness
Every witness has their own background, profession and manner, and their honesty, reliability and composure are set before the hearing and shape how they hold up under cross-examination. Each witness holds back one fact that the trainee has to draw out through questioning, while their answers stay within the case file.
“Many lawyers conduct their first cross-examination with a real client’s case on the line, and it is the client who pays for any mistake. Meta Legal Space moves that first attempt to a place where mistakes are allowed. The witness wavers, the judge interrupts, opposing counsel objects, and all of it happens before anyone’s case is at stake. Along the way, students get used to working alongside AI, something the profession now expects from day one,” explained Dmitry Grinik, Founder and CEO, Legaline Platform.
Choosing the format
Before the hearing, trainees choose the format – litigation, arbitration or mediation – and the legal framework: UAE onshore, DIFC or ADGM. Every case is written by practising lawyers rather than generated from templates, and each is rated for difficulty and duration, so instructors and trainees can match it to the trainee’s level of experience.
“You can’t learn that from a textbook, only in the courtroom. In Meta Legal Space, witnesses don’t answer on cue. Under good questioning, they either hold up or start to come apart, just as real people do,” commented Alexander Ilduganov, Co-founder and General Partner, Legaline Platform.
“Meta Legal Space closes the gap between what students learn in the classroom and what is expected of them the first time they stand before a judge,” endorsed Jouslin Khairallah, Founder and Managing Director, KH Legal and Founding Member, Legaline Platform.
