Legal
How much is a law firm's data worth?
Mercor publishes $50K to $1.2M for law firms licensing closed matters. See what buyers want, what drives the price, and the confidentiality questions to answer first.
Check your company in nine questionsWhat buyers license
Complete files from closed matters and completed deals: briefs, contracts, drafts, research and correspondence.
Size buyers look for
5 to 300 attorneys and staff (Mercor), 6+ employees (Mode)
Published payout ranges
$50K to $1.2M
Mercor
Published range for law firms with 5 to 300 attorneys and staff.
$100K to $5M
Mode
Mode's headline range. It accepts law firms with 6+ employees.
Up to $4M
Endless
Endless's published maximum. It names law among the industries it wants.
Ranges are what each buyer publishes, not offers. Checked October 24, 2026.
What AI buyers want from a law firm
Legal AI is only as good as the reasoning it learns from. Closed matters show that reasoning end to end: the first draft, the redlines, the research and the final product. Mercor's listing asks for complete files from closed matters and completed deals.
What makes a law firm's data worth more
- Complete files. Drafts and revisions, not only the final documents.
- A narrow specialty. Deep work in one practice area is rarer than general practice files.
- Years of matters. More history gives buyers more patterns.
What to check first
This is the hard part. Client files are confidential under legal ethics rules, and engagement letters may add more limits. De-identifying names may not be enough on its own. Get guidance from your bar's ethics rules and your own counsel before you license anything.
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