Paul F. Welter
Attorney at Law & Software Developer
Paul F. Welter is a lawyer and software developer with a focus on law and digitalization. As an independent consultant, he helps companies with two things: legal issues relating to digitalization ("Law of Tech") and the automation of legal tasks ("Tech of Law").
Previously, he was responsible for the automation of M&A processes in a major US law firm and developed the legal tech app evergreen:hub, which supports organizations in the assessment of software updates.
As an affiliate at CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and founder of bayshore.ai, he researches AI that solves legal issues reliably and explainably. He is also involved in the German Society for Law and Informatics and recode.law, the leading young legal tech organization, which he co-founded.
Career Path
- Lawyer
since 2024 – self-employed, Cologne - Founder & Managing Director
since 2022 – PW13 Technologies UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Cologne - Second State Examination in Law (Distinction)
2022-2024 – Legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Cologne with externships in Brussels and Stanford - Legal Engineer
2021-2022 – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Düsseldorf - Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board
2020-2022 – recode.law e. V. (non-profit), Münster - First Legal Examination and Magister Iuris (Distinction)
2016-2021 – Studies at the University of Cologne, focus on "Legal Developments in the Modern Age", internships at Noerr PartGmbB and the Office of the Minister of the Interior NRW
Engagement
- Affiliate
CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (Link) - Co-Chairman Expert Committee AI, IoT & Blockchain
German Society for Law and Informatics e. V. (DGRI) (Link) - Advisory Board Member
Digital Justice Summit, organized by Wegweiser GmbH (Link) - Honorary Member & Advisory Board Member
recode.law e. V. (non-profit) (Link)
References
- Programming of the CodeX Insurance Adviser
since 2024 – CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (publication pending) - Programming of the legal tech app evergreen:hub
since 2022 – bpc GmbH (Link) - Moderation of the panel "Law without lawyers: Designing legal systems from scratch" at the 3rd Digital Justice Summit
2024 – Wegweiser GmbH (Link) - Participation in a study to analyze relevant fields of action in the area of e-justice
2024 – Federal Office for Information Security (publication pending) - Moderation of the panel "Looking at the world – What can we learn from other countries?" at the 2nd Digital Justice Summit
2023 – Wegweiser GmbH (Link) - Participation in the panel "AI in the judiciary" at the 4th Digital Forum of the Saxon judiciary
2023 – Saxon State Ministry of Justice (Link) - Keynote speech and moderation of the panel "Change also in education and training" at the 1st Digital Justice Summit
2022 – Wegweiser GmbH (Link) - Participation in the panel "Legal working world of the future – lawyers of the future" at the specialist congress on digitalization (in) legal training "JURTECH:JURSTUDY"
2022 – Ministry of Justice NRW (Link) - Giving various lectures
2019-2021 – e.g. at Noerr PartGmbB, Legal Tech Meetup NRW, University of Cologne, Legal Live
Publications
- Innovation-friendly ecosystem
2023 – NJW Aktuell, 2023 (06) (Link) - Legal work on the digital assembly line – How to implement digital workflows from A to Z
2023 – ZUJ – Zeitschrift für Unternehmensjuristen 2023 (02), pp. 29-32 (Link) - The digitization of law: state duty and education subject
2023 – Conference proceedings of the congress on digitizing (in) legal education of the Ministry of Justice NRW "JURTECH:JURSTUDY", pp. 83-98 (Link) - Legal work on the digital assembly line – How to implement digital workflows from A to Z
2022 – Rethinking Law 2022 (05), pp. 42-44 (Link) - Legal Tech: What we should talk about – and what less
2022 – Ad Legendum 2022, p. 78-82 (Link) - Digital lawsuits – a prototype
2021 – NJW Aktuell, 2021 (49), p. 15 (Link) - Opinion for the Legal Committee of the NRW State Parliament on the motion LT-Drucks. 17/12052
2021 – Stellungnahme 17/3715 (Link) - #einJAGfürdieZukunft – Open letter to the Minister of Justice NRW
2020 (Link) - Learning law smartly and digitally
2020 – JURA 2020 (10), S. I-VI (Link)
