2025 “Longan Cup”
National AI Legal AI Agent Competition
Solving New Industry Challenges
Exploring the Future of AI in Law
AI + Law
Disruptive AI technologies are driving a revolution in the efficiency of legal services and their accessibility to all, promoting the industry structure to evolve toward “intelligence + professionalism”. This leads to lawyers transforming into strategic advisors and providers of innovative solutions.
In this context, Longan Law Firm, in collaboration with WELEGAL Law Alliance and other organizations aiming to explore the prospects of “AI + Law”, hosts the 2025 “Longan Cup” National AI Legal AI Agent Competition.
Overview of the Competition
Organizer: Longan Law Firm
Co-organizer: WELEGAL Law Alliance
Host: Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm
Duration: May 1, 2025, to August 16, 2025 (including pre-event activities, opening ceremony, initial training, preliminary round, semi-final, offline final and award ceremony)
Participants: Lawyers, legal staff, law students, etc. from across the country
I. Competition Objectives
- Promoting Industry Innovation
Encourage participants to use AI technologies to solve practical problems in the legal industry, such as the difficulties in contract review and low efficiency in legal search, so as to develop innovative legal AI agents and inject new vitality into the industry’s development.
- Identifying Excellent Projects
Through the competition platform, potential AI legal AI agents, lawyer teams and individuals will be identified and given opportunities to showcase their work, facilitating the implementation of high-quality projects and supporting the development of the legal technology industry.
- Strengthening Cooperation and Exchange
Gather professionals in the legal field, technical experts and investment institutions from different fields to promote cross-field cooperation and exchange, achieve knowledge integration, and jointly promote the deep integration of AI and law.
- Enhancing Industry Awareness
Through the competition’s promotion and related activities, improve the awareness and application level of the legal industry regarding AI technologies, and accelerate the digital transformation of the industry.
II. Competition Process
Date
Phase
Location
Details
May 1
- June 15
Initial registration phase
Scan the QR code to register
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May 9
(Friday)
Pre-event and empowerment event
South China region, Location: Longan Shenzhen Office, Address: 61F, Building A, Ping An Finance Center, No. 5033 Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, China
Presentation on competition content, lecturer gives a special talk on the application of AI agents, details on the poster of subsequent events.
May 16
(Friday)
Yangtze River Delta region, Location: Longan Shanghai Office, Address: 11F, Building 1, Hanghui Center, No. 1 Hongqiao Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Presentation on competition content, lecturer gives a special talk on the application of AI agents, details on the poster of subsequent events.
May 23
(Friday)
North region, Location: Longan Shenyang Office, Address: 16F, Building B, Enterprise Plaza, No. 125 Youth Street, Shenhe District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
Presentation on competition content, lecturer gives a special talk on the application of AI agents, details on the poster of subsequent events.
May 29
(Thursday)
Southwest region, Location: Longan Chongqing Office: 18F, Bank of China Building, No. 15 South Chengnan Street, Jiangbei District, Chongqing, China
Presentation on competition content, lecturer gives a special talk on the application of AI agents, details on the poster of subsequent events.
June 14
(Saturday)
2025 “Longan Cup” National AI Legal AI Agent Competition Opening Ceremony
Location: Kunming Rongchuang Shibei Hotel,同步 with Longan National Training Camp) + Online live broadcast
Law firm competition opening ceremony
“Scenario-based Implementation of AI Agents: Nine Applications and Innovation in Lawyer Team Collaboration”
Roundtable discussion: The role of legal professionals in the AI era
Activity discussion continues until the end
June 19
(Thursday)
Initial training
Longan Guangzhou
(Online and offline synchronous learning)
“Zero-Code Practical Workshop on Agents and Workflows”
June 16
- June 30
Submit preliminary round works
Online submission
Online evaluation
Accept preliminary round works and summarize
July 1
- July 15
Preliminary round
Answer questions in the group, assist with evaluation: Select works for the semi-final
July 16
Announce works entering the semi-final
Announced in WeChat group or Longan official account
July 16
- July 31
Submit semi-final works
Establish a consultation group for semi-final works, accept semi-final works and summarize
August 1
- August 5
Semi-final round
Guidance for semi-final works; determine works entering the final.
August 6
(Wednesday)
Announce works entering the final
Longan and Law Alliance official accounts and other media accounts
Announced in WeChat group or Longan official account
August 16
(Saturday)
Offline final and award ceremony
Guangzhou
Competition review and leaders’ remarks
Practical presentation of final works, 15 minutes per group
Judge comments
Participants’ sharing of experiences
Announce results and award ceremony
III. Competition Awards
Awards
Number
Bonus amount
First Prize
2
Bonus of 12,000 yuan + honor certificate + trophy
Second Prize
3
Bonus of 8,000 yuan + honor certificate + trophy
Third Prize
5
Bonus of 5,000 yuan + honor certificate + trophy
IV. Highlights of the Competition
Highlight 1
Generous award settings
Several awards are established with material bonuses. For projects with great potential, the organizers will support the professional development of team members and provide opportunities for the implementation of works, connecting with investment institutions and industrial resources to promote product commercialization.
Highlight 2
Professional guidance and resource support
An authoritative jury composed of legal professionals, technical experts and investment institutions is invited to provide professional comments and guidance to participating teams. Training sessions are held before and during the competition, covering the application of AI technologies in the legal field, product design and development skills, market promotion strategies, etc., to enhance the team’s competitiveness. With the resources of the organizers and co-organizers, such as official websites, social media accounts, industry media cooperation, etc., comprehensive promotion is carried out for participating teams and works to increase their popularity.
Highlight 3
Focus on industry pain points
The competition closely focuses on the actual needs of the legal industry. It encourages the development of AI products to address common business pain points such as low efficiency in contract review, low accuracy in legal search, time-consuming writing of legal documents, and high costs of legal consulting services. Participants are guided to develop practical products that truly solve industry problems.
Highlight 4
Rich opportunities for learning and exchange
During the preparation process, participants can access cutting-edge technologies and concepts in AI through training and exchange activities organized by the competition, and interact face-to-face with industry experts and excellent teams. During the competition, legal technology forums are also held, inviting well-known domestic and international experts to share latest research results and practical experiences, promoting deep cooperation and exchange among people from different fields, and broadening the horizons of participants.
V. Participation Requirements
Participation Criteria
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Participants: Lawyers, legal staff, law students, etc. from across the country. Team formations across different fields are encouraged. Team members should possess legal professional knowledge, technical development capabilities (such as programming, algorithm design), and market operation thinking.
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Participating works: Should focus on the application of AI in the legal field. It can include but is not limited to AI agents, intelligent contract review, automatic generation of legal documents, intelligent legal search assistants, intelligent legal consulting services, workflow automation, etc. The product should have clear application scenarios and practical business value, showing a complete product design and implementation path, and being original works that have not won awards or been publicly released in other competitions.
[Reference Participation Trackes]
✅ Application of intelligent legal consulting systems
✅ Construction of AI contract review models
✅ Big data analysis of court documents
✅ Design of legal knowledge graphs
✅ Intelligent simulation of litigation strategies
✅ Other legal application scenarios, etc.
✅ Demonstrate how DeepSeek significantly improves the efficiency of litigation lawyers in handling evidence
✅ Demonstrate how DeepSeek improves the efficiency of investment and merger lawyers in due diligence, shortening the due diligence period
- Requirements for submitting preliminary round works:
a. File format requirements
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Required: PDF
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Optional: Video (.mp4 format, no more than 30 minutes, 1080P resolution)
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Optional: Code platform experience link or web display, etc.
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AI products can be selected by participants themselves.
b. Requirements for screenshots and annotations
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Screenshots: Complete screenshots of all processes of AI dialogue and Q&A (or pictures generated by AI products can be shared). From the start of a new dialogue to the end of Q&A, direct text copying is not allowed, content cannot be modified or altered, and no partial extraction for stitching is allowed. The previous screenshot needs to retain some content (for overlapping verification) and connect with the next screenshot so that it can be seen as continuous screenshots.
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Annotations: Annotations should be added to each screenshot, and a summary of no more than 200 words can be given for each picture, adding the content that the picture wants to express or explain. The first character of the picture should not be empty.
c. Format requirements for titles and signatures
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Title: “2025 ‘Longan Cup’ National AI Legal AI Agent Competition Works”, centered, in Song typeface bold or Black Serif small size 2
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Signature: Author’s name below the title, in Kaishu size 5, centered.
d. Format requirements for the text
The text in the main body is in size 4, first-level and second-level titles (if any) are in Black Serif, other text is in Song typeface, line spacing is 1.5, and no line spacing before and after paragraphs is required.
Evaluation Criteria
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Proficiency: Evaluate the level of application of AI technologies in products (referring to the AI agents, workflows, application installation packages or other forms of AI application tools developed by participants), select AI tools according to actual business needs, encourage participants to comprehensively use various AI tools, low-code tools and code tools as needed, and assess the understanding and usage level of the tools.
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Practicality: Focus on the ability of the product to solve actual legal business problems, whether it can effectively improve efficiency, reduce costs, enhance service quality or even obtain more business opportunities, assess the fit between product functions and legal business processes, as well as operability and user experience in real scenarios.
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Innovation: Determine whether the product has unique creativity in concept, design and technical implementation, whether it breaks traditional legal business models or existing technical frameworks, and brings new ideas and solutions to the industry. Participants are encouraged to develop AI agents or workflows with high originality, avoiding copying ideas from existing tutorials.
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Commercial value: Analyze the market potential of the product, including the size of the target customer group, market demand intensity, competitive advantages, etc., as well as whether it has a feasible business model and profit expectations. Consider whether the participating work has been verified through pilot cases, whether it has standardized services or tiered pricing models.
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Generalizability: Evaluate whether it can quickly adapt to legal business needs in different regions and fields, while considering implementation costs and migration difficulties.
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Compliance and Security: Ensure legal compliance of technology application and data processing, not violating mandatory legal regulations, and complying with laws and regulations regarding data and intellectual property rights, as well as relevant technology ethics regulations.
VI. Registration Method
If you are interested in this competition, please scan the QR code below by June 15 to register, and designate a specific contact person for the competition.
If you have any other questions or need further consultation, please contact the competition contact person:
Teacher Liu 18023485227
Miss Wei 18594048426

