Principles
Lawyers don’t need another chatbot.
They need an agent that can do legal work, and show that it did it properly. These are the rules we build Barilex by.
Finish the work.
An answer is where legal work starts. Barilex takes the objective and carries it through research, reasoning, counter-argument, verification and a draft you can use.
Show the working.
Every claim keeps its connection to its source. If you can’t inspect it, it has no business in your draft.
Argue against yourself.
A position is only as strong as the best case against it. Barilex looks for that case before the other side does, and tells you where you’re exposed.
Nigerian law, on its own terms.
Nigerian courts, Nigerian statutes, Nigerian procedure. The hierarchy of courts decides what binds, and an English authority is labelled persuasive, because that’s what it is here.
Fewer cases you can stand behind.
A smaller library with reliable citations and clear treatment beats a bigger one you have to second-guess. We’d rather grow slowly than grow wrong.
Say what you don’t know.
When Barilex can’t verify something, it says so. A gap you can see is safer than a confident sentence you can’t check.
The lawyer signs.
Barilex never pretends to be counsel. Responsibility for the work stays with the professional who files it, and Barilex is built to make that responsibility easier to carry.
How it’s built
The model is the replaceable part.
Models will keep getting better and cheaper, and everyone will have them. What makes Barilex dependable is the system around the model.
Layer 4
Trust
Shows where every important claim came from, what supports it, and what still needs your judgment.
Layer 3
Execution
Plans multi-step work, uses tools, retries what fails, and returns a result you can inspect.
Layer 2
Reasoning
Investigates the issue, compares precedents, finds the opposing argument and builds a position from sources.
Layer 1
Knowledge
A structured understanding of Nigerian judgments, citations, and how authorities relate to each other.
Plugged in
The language model
Reads and writes for every layer above. Replaced when a better one arrives.
What we’re building first
One workflow, done properly.
Not every legal tool at once. One complete job that tests everything Barilex claims, measured before we widen it.
- 01
A lawyer submits a legal issue.
- 02
Barilex retrieves the relevant Nigerian authorities.
- 03
It explains the principles that apply.
- 04
It finds the adverse decisions.
- 05
It develops the argument.
- 06
It verifies each material citation against its source.
- 07
The lawyer inspects the evidence, and decides.
Early access
Meet your learned friend.
Barilex is in development. Join the waitlist and tell us what you’d hand it first. We’ll write once, when early access opens.