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How to evaluate a legal AI tool in light of Art. 321 of the Swiss Criminal Code?

Recorded on Thursday  10 September 2026

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Valentin Séchaud

Valentin Séchaud

Head of Sales

Michel-André Fels

Michel-André Fels

Strategic Advisory Board

Sama Bolog

Sama Bolog

Attorney at Law | LL.M. Intellectual Property & Technology Law

Why attend?

Deciding to adopt AI is no longer the hardest part. Justifying it is. The obligation under Art. 321 of the Swiss Criminal Code rests with you personally; it cannot be contractually transferred to a service provider, and Art. 13 of the Federal Act on Lawyers binds it indefinitely. If a client file were to be exposed, the question would not be which provider you chose, but what due diligence you conducted before that choice and whether your assessment can be substantiated.

In this live session, Michel-André Fels (former Attorney General of the Canton of Bern) and Sama Bolog (attorney, LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Technology Law) examine where liability lies when AI processes data covered by professional secrecy, how to conduct and document a defensible assessment of a legal AI tool, and how Silex is designed to uphold professional secrecy. Hosted by Valentin Séchaud, Head of Sales at Silex, with a live Q&A session.

What you will discover:

  • How professional secrecy applies to AI tools in Swiss law, and what Art. 321 of the Swiss Criminal Code actually requires
  • Where the real risks lie: hosting, data retention, model training, and third-party access
  • How Silex is designed to uphold professional secrecy: hosting in Switzerland, data never used to train models, and queries and documents never stored or accessed
  • Answers to your own questions during a live Q&A session with the panel