Vals AI Legal Aid Benchmark Finds Models Fall Short on Local Help

NextLadder Ventures and Vals AI announced the Access to Justice Benchmark on November 10, 2026, reporting that none of 23 AI models reached its 80% threshold for a reliable first point of contact across 252 legal-aid scenarios. The benchmark results and methodology show a sharp divide between explaining law and finding practical help. Vals AI reports that models satisfied 78% to 87% of expert criteria for general legal explanations, but only 30% to 50% for identifying specific resources such as…

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