From law to legal tech: Abbey Caller's rising star story
Oct 12, 2026
It's a gloomy winter's day in Melbourne, but there's warmth and energy in the room as we sit down with Abbey Caller to talk about her path to Draftable and her approach to product design.
Abbey recalls being back in Brisbane for only a few days when the phone rang.
It was Draftable offering her a permanent role after she completed the Summer Intern Program in Melbourne.
She said yes.
Eighteen months later, she’s released Draftable Clean to the market and is a finalist in Legal Geek's Rising Star Award. When writing the award entry, Caspar Roxburgh, Draftable's GM and Abbey's manager, had to sum her up in a few words. He said:
To be a rising star, I think you've got to execute on your work with excellence, but you also have to have an impact on the people that you work with. You have to have that special magic touch. When you interact with people, they want to work with you more. They enjoy it. They feel drawn to you. They feel inspired by you. They feel your enthusiasm, and they become enthusiastic themselves, not only for working with you but for working on what you're working on. That is something that Abbey has, and I have no doubt there's an incredibly bright future in front of her in the legal technology space.
Rooted in the profession
Abbey completed her law degree at Queensland University of Technology while working as a paralegal at a law firm and then a consultant at PwC. During her time on the tools, she saw firsthand what lawyers go through.
“They’re under constant pressure,” she says, reflecting on the deeply human side of the role. “They extend empathy to their clients on days when they might need it most themselves.”
She talks to the sheer magnitude of cases lawyers manage while having to catch the smallest detail. All of this under the strict watch of regulatory bodies, knowing every call they make carries weight and exposure.
It is a lot. And it is the reason why Abbey is so passionate to serve the profession through tech.
The path to legal tech
A Draftable post advertising internships popped up on her LinkedIn feed. She applied, along with more than 500mother people, and was one of the few who made it through.
She moved to Melbourne for the length of the program, and it’s during that time that she has her “Aha!” moment. She loved technology. She understood law. Combining the two would be a superpower, given very few people in the legal tech industry have both.
Radical humility
Having secured a role at Draftable, Abbey applied her magic to product design. Leading Draftable Clean took her down a familiar path with familiar faces. She ran interview after interview with lawyers, digging into the friction points of sharing documents and the workflows around them.
The discipline she set herself was to go into the process with zero assumptions. She listened. She took notes. She synthesised what lawyers told her and was careful to remove any biases from her own experience.
It’s called radical humility. It means dropping the tech saviour ego in favour of continuous learning, active listening, and sharing power with the people who use the thing you are building.
Draftable Clean hit the ground running in May 2026. In just a few months, our user base has grown to 1,000+ lawyers, who have collectively executed nearly 4,000 cleans. For Abbey, the work is not done. “There are features being rolled out constantly based on user feedback and needs” she says.
Her care for the legal industry is infectious, her knowledge is deep and her passion for tech is top tier. Abbey is going to be one of the biggest names in legal tech. We're just glad to be a chapter in her story.
