What is Legal Engineering?

Norm Ai pioneered Legal Engineering.

Legal Engineers at Norm Ai are former attorneys who come with legal training from top law schools and law firms to the rapidly evolving field of agentic legal analysis. We now have more than 30 attorneys that work at Norm Ai. When they join Norm, they undergo an intensive training process to learn how to harness large language models and understand the boundaries of what frontier models can do. Then, leveraging an advanced suite of no-code tools, Legal Engineers begin building domain specific AI agent products.

Norm Ai’s software and AI engineers built a proprietary no-code platform specifically for lawyers to embed their expertise into AI-powered systems. This Legal Engineering Automation Platform (LEAP) empowers attorneys and former regulators to transform regulations, statutes, legal standards, and legal workflows into AI agents without needing a software engineer. The AI agents are dynamic systems that power legal or compliance analyses and, crucially, provide explanations for every determination made.

We were inspired by best practices from software engineering. Our process of constructing new AI agents is rigorous and systematic. For example, any change to a public policy representation requires one Legal Engineer to submit those changes for review to another certified Legal Engineer.

LEAP also enables Legal Engineers to efficiently and effectively adapt AI agents to specific client needs, including firm-specific regulatory interpretations, internal guidelines, or differing levels of risk preferences across products or business units.

Norm Ai’s client base includes financial institutions, asset managers, and insurance companies representing over $25 trillion in combined assets under management. For instance, New York Life recently shared a case study on how our Legal Engineers have calibrated AI Agents for their specific needs.

How is Legal Engineering Different from Traditional Legal Practice?

Legal Engineering at Norm Ai represents a paradigm shift in the way that legal expertise generates real-world business outcomes. While conventional legal roles typically involve providing research, advisory services, and regulatory guidance tailored individually to one client at a time, Legal Engineers apply their elite legal expertise to build infinitely scalable and flexible technology-driven solutions. In this respect, Legal Engineering closely resembles software engineering, where the focus is on creating robust, reusable, and adaptable tools.

At Norm Ai, Legal Engineers bridge law and cutting-edge innovations in large language models by:

• Translating Regulations into AI-Ready Logic: Instead of producing static memos or lengthy interpretative documents designed for single-client use, Legal Engineers transform dense regulatory texts directly into structured, interpretable logic within the Legal Engineering Automation Platform. This allows regulations to be operationalized at scale through Regulatory AI Agents.

• Calibrating AI Agent Performance for Specific Client Needs: Legal Engineers configure Regulatory AI Agents to align precisely with each client’s nuanced internal guidelines, risk appetites, and unique interpretations. Importantly, these configurations are built upon a scalable and flexible base, enabling rapid adjustments.

• Collaborating Daily with Norm’s Software Engineering and Design Teams: Legal Engineers are not merely users of technology; they actively participate in the creation of additional features. They regularly collaborate with software engineers and product teams, contributing practical feedback that informs ongoing enhancements and innovations in the LEAP platform. This tight integration of legal insight and technological development ensures continuous improvement.

• Drawing on the Expertise of Norm’s In-House Regulatory Experts: Legal Engineers at Norm Ai have direct access to and actively collaborate with in-house former regulators and executives, including nationally recognized authorities such as Troy Paredes (former SEC Commissioner), Ben Lawsky (former head of the New York State Department of Financial Services).

A Day in the Life of a Legal Engineer

Here is a representative day in the life of a Legal Engineer:

9:00am: Review regulatory updates from sources like the SEC, FINRA, and CFPB; identify relevant changes for our AI Agents.

10:00am: Team stand-up meeting with fellow Legal Engineers and the LEAP software engineering team; discuss priority tasks and planned platform improvements.

10:30am–12:30pm: Time blocked for new regulation development: Build new regulatory logic within the LEAP platform, translating complex legal standards into structured rulesets for Regulatory AI Agents.

12:30pm: Lunch break and informal check-in with colleagues at Norm Ai’s NYC office.

1:30pm–4:00pm: Time blocked for new regulation development: Continue detailed creation and configuration of Regulatory AI Agents, ensuring precise alignment with client-specific guidelines.

4:30pm–5:00pm: Client meeting with a top 10 global asset manager. Discuss client’s feedback and ideas for new compliance checks.

5:00pm–6:00pm: Internal Legal Engineering problem-solving session, reviewing and refining regulations being developed by other team members.

6:00pm–6:30pm: Make updates to an experimental AI agent for a new workflow.

Meet A Few of Our Legal Engineers

Join Our Team

Norm Ai invites attorneys who are excited by the intersection of law and technology to join our team! If you’re ready to shape the future of regulatory and legal analysis with AI Agents, we want to hear from you. Apply Now or contact Norm Ai’s recruiting team to learn more.