I recently had the privilege of participating in a 9-day AI hackathon hosted by the Idiap Research Center in Martigny, Switzerland. Together with my teammates Aurore Jenni, Tobias Liechti, and Yannick Dittrich, we worked on our project: LEX—an AI-powered web platform designed to streamline legal research in Switzerland. By the end of the hackathon, we were thrilled to win the BCV Innovation Challenge!
LEX is an AI-powered web platform designed to make legal research faster and easier. By combining a growing database of Swiss laws and case law with advanced semantic search algorithms, the platform retrieves the most relevant legal texts in response to natural language queries. A chat-based interface provides users with clear, concise answers, making legal research more efficient and accessible for everyone.
The hackathon experience was both challenging and rewarding. Winning the BCV Innovation Challenge validated our vision, and we’ve continued enhancing LEX since the event. The platform is now live at iuslex.cloud.