- AuxBrief is the world’s first digital platform for briefing and billing advocates, designed to fix inefficiencies and promote equity.
- Developed by Auxcon (Pty) Ltd with support from the Johannesburg Society of Advocates, it centres on transformation and transparency.
- The launch marks a historic moment for legal innovation, with women-led leadership driving systemic change from within.
On 25 October 2025, South Africa will mark a global milestone in legal innovation with the launch of AuxBrief, the first digital platform designed to manage briefing and billing for advocates.
Created by Auxcon (Pty) Ltd and endorsed by the Johannesburg Society of Advocates (JSA), AuxBrief is more than a tech solution. It is a justice-driven intervention aimed at dismantling legacy inefficiencies and embedding fairness into the legal pipeline.
The platform digitises briefing workflows, making them secure, traceable, and transparent. It replaces outdated systems with real-time analytics, standardized documentation, and a user-friendly interface for both instructing attorneys and advocates.
AuxBrief is built to ensure equitable access, especially for junior, women, and historically disadvantaged advocates, by removing gatekeeping and promoting merit-based briefing. AuxBrief is not just a product. It is a statement of intent. Because digital justice begins with fair briefing.
Women architects of reform
At the heart of AuxBrief’s development is a coalition of women advocates whose leadership signals a deliberate shift in South Africa’s legal landscape. Rose-Marie van den Bogert, founder and director of Auxcon, led the platform’s creation with a clear mandate, build a tool that reflects fairness, transparency, and transformation.
Her vision found powerful allies in Advocate Mahlape Sello SC and Advocate Tiny Seboko SC of the JSA, both of whom have championed the platform’s rollout and its alignment with the Bar’s transformation agenda.
Their involvement is structural, not symbolic. From design to deployment, women have led the charge, ensuring AuxBrief is not only technically sound but ethically grounded. This leadership reflects a broader movement within the legal community, one that understands reform must be driven from within, by those who have lived the realities of exclusion and inefficiency.
AuxBrief proves that digital justice begins with fair briefing, and that systemic change is possible when women lead from the front.
A launch with purpose
The official launch of AuxBrief is expected to be attended by key stakeholders from the legal, regulatory, and advocacy sectors. The event will serve as both a product unveiling and a public commitment to transformation.
More than a digital tool, AuxBrief is a blueprint for reform. It offers a glimpse into a future where legal practice is not only efficient but equitable, where technology serves justice, and where innovation is led by those who understand its stakes.
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