AI does not serve a document or record findings in your place. It cleans up your dictation, finds the applicable law, and prepares your letters, so the office’s time goes to official documents and fieldwork.
AI helps judicial officers with tasks such as “Outline an official report before you leave,” “Clean up your dictated findings,” and “Check a rule of enforcement procedure.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
TodayA point missed on site cannot be recovered: the next day, the posted notice is gone or the construction work has moved on.
With ClaudeA list of points to record, in the order of the visit, to complete with the office’s template.
Superwhisper · Custom mode, “Local” model
TodayBack from a site visit, there is an hour of notes and photos to turn into a report, while the day’s documents wait.
With SuperwhisperYour findings cleaned up in the report template, without a single word added.
Doctrine · “Poser une question” (Ask a question), detailed analysis
TodayBefore a seizure, a doubt about a condition or a deadline, and the answer is scattered between the code and ten rulings.
With DoctrineA structured answer, the statutes and then the decisions, which you check at the source before acting.
Also
Ordalie · Document import, with anonymization
A chronological table of the documents, and the list of what you still need to request from the client.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
Three standard letters of increasing firmness, in Word, to link to the fields in your software.
A clear progress update the client understands without calling you back.
Gemini Notebook · An “Office procedures” notebook
The office’s procedure, step by step, with the passage from your own documents.
DeepL · File translation, with “Glossary”
A laid-out draft translation, and the list of passages to have the translator check.
Doctrine · “Créer une alerte” (Create an alert), then Assistant
Legal monitoring that comes to you, article by article, and a sourced explanation of each change.
What to check
The list is general. For a report on a website or a posted permit, check the requirements in the law and in the profession’s rules: the assistant may leave one out.
Outline an official report before you leaveClaudeThe prompt to copy
You are helping a French judicial officer prepare an official report of findings on [the posting of a building permit / water damage / the state of a construction site / a web page]. The requesting party wants to establish [what they want to prove, in one sentence]. Give the list of physical elements to record on site, in the order of the visit: what to describe, measure, and photograph, and from which angle. Add the statements the report must include and the equipment to bring. End with the wording to avoid because it would be an opinion or a deduction, not a finding.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobDraft a series of out-of-court collection letters
In your jobCheck a rule of enforcement procedure
In your jobOutline an official report before you leave
In your jobClean up your dictated findings
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
Prepare the list of points to record before an official report, draft standard collection letters, and give a client a clear update.
Recommended planFree to try, with no client data. At the office: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
Check a rule of enforcement procedure with the supporting articles and decisions, and get notified when an article changes.
Recommended planDoctrine subscription, see the website for pricing. A free trial is offered.
Dictate your findings on the office computer: with a “Local” model, your voice does not go online.
Recommended planFree, $0: dictation with on-device Whisper models. For the other local models and file transcription: Pro, $8.49 per month.
Import the documents in a case and get the timeline out of them, with an option that masks names before the analysis. Hosted in France.
Recommended planOrdalie, €0: 10 questions per week and 3 documents. With anonymization: Ordalie PRO, €75 excl. tax per user per month.
The office’s procedure notes and blank templates in one notebook: a clerk finds the steps to follow, with the supporting passage.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
Prepare the translation of a document to be served in another country, keeping the layout and your procedural terms.
Recommended planIndividual, €7.49 per month, billed yearly. The free plan is not suitable for a document that names people.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Doctrine, Superwhisper, Ordalie, Gemini Notebook, and DeepL. 4 of them can be used for free to get started.
Prepare the list of points to record before an official report, draft standard collection letters, and give a client a clear update. The plan to choose: Free to try, with no client data. At the office: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
With “Outline an official report before you leave,” in Claude. Allow 10 minutes the first time. A list of points to record, in the order of the visit, to complete with the office’s template.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.