Professional Experience

• Since February 2018: Member of the Executive Board, Weblaw AG (100%)
• Since October 2012: IT Project Manager, Weblaw AG (100%)
• July 2010 to September 2012: Publishing Associate, Editions Weblaw, Weblaw AG (50%)
• October 2007 to September 2009: Certified Assistant to Prof. Dr. Hurtado Pozo at the University of Fribourg (50%)
• June to September 2007: Legal Intern at the Investigating Judge’s Office in Biel (100%)
• May 2007: Legal Intern at the Investigating Judge’s Office in Fribourg (100%)

Education

• 2017: Doctorate in Law (Dr. iur.), University of Fribourg, Magna cum laude
• 2009 to 2012: Master of Arts in Business Informatics, University of Fribourg (studied in English), Summa cum laude
• 2007: Diploma in Comparative Law, International Faculty of Comparative Law (studied in Strasbourg and Lausanne)
• 2001 to 2006: Law Studies, University of Łódź, Poland
• 2004 to 2005: Erasmus exchange at the University of Fribourg, bilingual program
• 2001: High School Diploma (Abitur), Łódź, Poland

Publications

• Marvin Fechner / Blaise Dévaud, Compliance of Support Services with Attorney-Client Privilege under German and Swiss Law, in: Jusletter IT, February 28, 2020
• Blaise Dévaud / Wolfgang Hugentobler, Automation of Normative Processes Using the Example of «stadtrecht.bern.ch», in: LeGes 30 (2019) 3
• Blaise Dévaud, Knowledge Management Instead of Bookshelves, in: Jusletter IT Flash, July 16, 2019
• Blaise Dévaud, Wolfgang Hugentobler, Automation of Normative Processes Using the Example of «stadtrecht.bern.ch», in: Jusletter IT, February 21, 2019
• Blaise Dévaud, Franz Kummer, An Approach to a Unique Digital Identifier for Legal Doctrinal Content, in: Jusletter IT, February 22, 2018
• Blaise Dévaud, A Comparative Study on the Networking of German-Speaking Laws, in: Jusletter IT, February 22, 2018
• Blaise Dévaud, «Single Point of Search» Instead of Bookshelves: The Legal Search Engine Lawsearch Enterprise, in: Podcasts@Weblaw – Brown Bag LegalTech, September 27, 2017
• Blaise Dévaud, Between the Protection of Correspondence and Information Security: A Comparative Study of the Criminal Protection of Correspondence Confidentiality under Swiss, Polish, and German Law, Editions Weblaw, 2017
• Blaise Dévaud, Franz Kummer, Legal Search in Swiss Judicial Decisions: Problems and Solutions, in: Jusletter IT Flash, August 17, 2017
• Blaise Dévaud, Franz Kummer, (Semi-)Automatic Anonymization of Decisions, in: Erich Schweighofer / Franz Kummer / Walter Hötzendorfer / Christoph Sorge (eds.), Trends and Communities of Legal Informatics, Proceedings of the 20th International Legal Informatics Symposium IRIS 2017, Austrian Computer Society, Vienna, 2017, p. 117 ff.
• Blaise Dévaud, Franz Kummer, Virtual Politics, Real Benefits: The Digital Collaboration of Swiss Cantons, in: Erich Schweighofer / Franz Kummer / Walter Hötzendorfer / Christoph Sorge (eds.), Trends and Communities of Legal Informatics, Proceedings of the 20th International Legal Informatics Symposium IRIS 2017, Austrian Computer Society, Vienna, 2017, p. 317 ff.
• Franz Kummer, Blaise Dévaud, Legal Search Engine Lawsearch Enterprise: Three Challenges, in: Heinrich C. Mayr, Martin Pinzger (eds.), INFORMATIK 2016, Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), German Informatics Society, Bonn, 2016, p. 195 ff.

Conferences (Selection)

• Blaise Dévaud, Document Automation with DocEngine, JURIX 2019: 32nd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, Industry Session, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, December 11, 2019
• Blaise Dévaud, Wolfgang Hugentobler, Automation of the Law-Making Process with the Software «DocGenie® for Lex», CodeX Stanford University/IRIS Platform Joint Meeting, University of Salzburg, February 21, 2019
• Automatyczne tworzenie dokumentów w DocEngine, LegalTech Polska Meetup: Artificial Intelligence and Law – News from the Near Future, March 22, 2018
• Document Automation with DocEngine, CodeX Stanford University/IRIS Platform Joint Meeting, University of Salzburg, February 22, 2018 (with Franz Kummer)
• Roundtable of LII Austria: Similarities, Relationships, Comparisons – Tools for Content Analysis and Document Presentation, International Legal Informatics Symposium IRIS 2018, University of Salzburg, February 21, 2018
• «Automation of Legal Acts in Corporate Law», Commercial Law Day for Notary Trainees, University of Fribourg, November 23, 2017