rubi Launches the First AI Mentor Built for Junior Lawyers, Delivering On-Demand Skills Practice, Mentorship, and Real-Time Feedback in One Apprenticeship Platform -- with Texas Law and Minnesota Law Among the First to Adopt

Arriving just as the legal industry asks how junior lawyers will build their skills and judgment in the age of AI, the rubi AI Mentor makes rubi the only legal tech company to offer on-demand mentorship, structured legal training, interview prep tailored for law students, and unlimited personalized skills practice in one end-to-end virtual apprenticeship experience.

AUSTIN, Texas and SEATTLE, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, rubi, the legal tech company behind the virtual apprenticeship platform for transactional lawyers, launched the rubi AI Mentor. Every associate on rubi moves through the same comprehensive apprenticeship, building a shared baseline of knowledge and skills. With the rubi AI Mentor, the learning compounds: unlimited personalized practice reps to sharpen their skills, practical guidance to develop their judgment both substantively and professionally, and interview prep for law students calibrated to today's accelerated recruiting timelines. Together, they give junior lawyers and law students a place to test their thinking and build the repetition juniors have always learned from — all in one platform.

Starting this fall, among a growing roster of law schools and law firms, every 1L at The University of Texas School of Law and selected students at the University of Minnesota Law School will train with the rubi AI Mentor as part of the full rubi virtual apprenticeship experience.

Built for the moment AI is reshaping legal training: one AI mentor, three specialized modes

Built on three years of rubi's own proprietary IP and 25,000+ billable hours of BigLaw practice, the rubi AI Mentor was developed by transactional attorneys who encoded what associates cannot look up online: the tacit knowledge and experience that takes years to piece together. The core rubi mentor mode is like having a BigLaw senior associate as a personal mentor, 24/7, whose sole job is helping juniors and summer associates succeed.

rubi tutor mode provides personalized practice scenarios grounded in BigLaw deal work and calibrated to what each user has already learned in the program, so the reps happen in a controlled environment rather than on a client's bill. It requires no client or matter information, and conversations are not used to train third-party AI models.

In rubi interview mode, the rubi AI Mentor simulates being interviewed by a BigLaw partner and coaches law students through their answers. rubi built this mode to give students an edge in today's competitive recruiting market: they face the questions a BigLaw partner would ask and refine their answers round after round, so they can walk into interviews with the confidence of someone who has already done the work because, with rubi, they have.

Leading institutions are moving first

The University of Texas School of Law, which made rubi available school-wide starting in spring 2026 in partnership with its Texas Law and Business Program, is the first law school to put rubi and the rubi AI Mentor in the hands of every incoming law student this fall.

"rubi has been an invaluable complement to the Law and Business Program and an incredible resource for our students, and it shows in their knowledge and confidence," said Eliot Cotton, Director of the Texas Law and Business Program at The University of Texas School of Law. "The new AI Mentoring tool in rubi, with its ability to provide real-time feedback on complex transactional problems and other workplace simulations, is poised to give students an even clearer picture of what practice looks like. We're hugely excited by its potential."

At Minnesota Law, the Corporate Institute is offering rubi to students selected through a competitive application process. 

"The Corporate Institute at Minnesota Law is dedicated to preparing students for successful careers in law and business by bridging classroom theory and real-world practice," said Kiri Somermeyer, Executive Director of the Corporate Institute at the University of Minnesota Law School. "Integrating cutting-edge tools like rubi's virtual apprenticeship in transactional law and the new rubi AI Mentor tool will directly accelerate that mission. Rather than replacing classroom instruction, experiential education like clinics and externships, or attorney mentorship and networking, rubi enhances these other learning opportunities — giving our students the confidence to hit the ground running as they begin to practice law." 

What the next generation of lawyers is saying

"rubi has been instrumental in helping me understand purchase agreements, internalize what is expected of junior associates at each step of a deal, and build the habits that make an associate valuable on a team," said Vishal Sivamani, a rising 2L at the University of Chicago Law School and a rubi Law School Ambassador. "The rubi AI Mentor takes that even further. When I want career guidance or more reps on something, I get them immediately, with feedback. And now that I know how to do the underlying work, I'm better positioned to supervise AI tools. I wish I had access to rubi even earlier."

How to get access

rubi and the rubi AI Mentor are available now to institutions and individuals. For representatives of firms, schools, and other organizations, contact [email protected]. Individuals can purchase rubi directly at www.rubilegaltraining.com.

About rubi

rubi built the first virtual apprenticeship platform for transactional lawyers: structured legal training, unlimited practice reps, and an AI Mentor, all on demand. Founded by former BigLaw M&A attorneys Madison Keeble and Geetika Jerath, rubi reimagines apprenticeship for the AI era. Learn more at www.rubilegaltraining.com or follow rubi on LinkedIn.

Media contact

Rubi Legal Training, LLC, [email protected], (512) 522-7622

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