Why this little guide?
Your job is the law.
And yet, between two cases, you are also asked (forced?) to understand what sets an LLM apart from RAG, what data sovereignty really covers, and why everyone is suddenly talking about agents.
With our AI platform built for legal work, lawyers and in-house counsel already save 32 hours a month on average. With this booklet, we, your devoted Ordalie team, wanted to carry that further in a slightly different format: sparing you the decoding of odd terms still warm from Silicon Valley.
Enough to ask the right questions, tell technical reality from marketing spectacle, and choose your legal AI with your eyes open.
As for the title (“the great levelling of lawyers”), we gladly confess a small sin of provocation. We wanted to play with that very contemporary fear that a handful of lines of code could replace a whole profession. And to reassure the most sceptical, in an age of screens and apps, we chose to go back to a small paper guide, to leaf through, annotate and slip into your pocket.
A subtle but useful parry: after all, AI can do nothing against someone who stays attached to paper… can it?
P.S. The printed booklet is coming soon. Meanwhile, all 101 definitions are online, for free, right below (in French for now).
