LawLens Revolutionizes Criminal Justice With Real-Time Clarity

Charleston, S.C. (October 1, 2025) - Navigating criminal law is often slow, complex and error-prone, but LawLens, a South Carolina–based legal technology platform, is redefining how the law is accessed and applied in real time.

Already in daily use across South Carolina, the platform is rapidly gaining adoption among judges, solicitors, public defenders, law enforcement officers and private attorneys who depend on it for instant, plain-language guidance on statutes, sentencing ranges and rules of evidence.

Since its launch in January 2025, LawLens has supported more than 22,000 searches, proving its value in real-world practice and growing its user base across the state. “We spent a year watching court and working with experts across the legal, judicial and law enforcement sectors to make sure that LawLens was not only providing the information that is needed day-to-day, but also delivering it in a way that is accessible and easy to use at a moment’s notice,” said Ari Goodstein, founder and CEO of LawLens.

Judges are now among LawLens’ most enthusiastic users, with retired judge Clifton Newman serving as a strategic partner during its development process. “I highly recommend LawLens as a cost-effective, AI-driven app for quickly locating essential criminal rules, statutes and procedures,” said Newman.

At the heart of LawLens is an algorithm that unifies statutes, CDR codes and sentencing rules into a continuously updated reference tool. This AI-powered tool combines decades of insight from South Carolina-based legal practitioners with the expertise of seasoned developers. Unlike traditional research databases, LawLens delivers on-the-spot, verified and clarified answers, helping users act quickly and confidently in critical moments. LawLens’ concise, user-friendly summaries allow everyone in the justice process to stay on the same page when every minute matters.

“There are more than 347,000 pending criminal cases in South Carolina, and new cases are added every day,” said Doug Fender, a prosecutor in Lexington, S.C. “LawLens consolidates statutes, penalties and legal summaries into a single platform, allowing legal professionals to access the information they need to handle cases efficiently.”

LawLens is already demonstrating measurable gains in efficiency and accuracy. Sentencing lookups that once took an average of twelve minutes now take thirty seconds or less, reducing backlogs and keeping cases moving through the system. Users also report a significant drop in costly mistakes, from misfiled charges to incorrect sentencing, protecting both case outcomes and the people affected by them.

This combination of time savings and error reduction has translated into higher confidence and consistency among users, with one calling the tool “life-changing” for their practice.

“LawLens was built to make the law serve people, not just process,” said Goodstein. “By transforming complex criminal codes into clear, accessible insight, we’re giving everyone, regardless of legal training, the tools they need to deliver faster, fairer justice.

For Goodstein, LawLens is about cutting through complexity to ease backlogs and put the human side of justice first, for both legal professionals and the people awaiting outcomes. “Think about how many thousands of hours will be saved using LawLens, how many more cases can be heard each year and how much more of the backlog we can address!”

With growing interest in both criminal law and emerging practice areas, LawLens is poised to scale beyond South Carolina, laying the groundwork for a national standard in faster, more accurate justice.