Daniel Brugger is Head of Legal Tech and AI at the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of St.Gallen and Executive Director of its Center for Law and Tech. He also serves as Senior Legal AI Advisor at the law firm Lenz & Staehelin.
He has founded several initiatives in legal technology, artificial intelligence and the digital transformation of law, including Onlinekommentar.ch and IusBubble.com. He is also a co-founder of the legal tech startup Sereos.ch. His work focuses on the practical application of AI in the legal sector and the development of digital infrastructure for legal information. Previously, he spent more than ten years as a law clerk at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court and also served as a substitute judge at the Zurich District Court.
Daniel Brugger is a member of the advisory board of "JUKI – Justiz und KI", a research project on the judiciary and AI at the Universities of Basel and Zurich. He regularly teaches courses on AI and law at universities and other higher education institutions, as well as in continuing education programmes. He co-developed the first AI-powered chatbot for a Swiss public authority for the Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations (ESA). On the YouTube channel recht.intelligent, he discusses the latest developments at the intersection of AI and law.