Les Surligneurs
Les Surligneurs isn't your average media group. They're a collective of law professors and researchers on a mission: put the law back at the heart of public debate, especially as misinformation and legal abuse are on the rise. For a two-week workshop, I joined the team to help rethink how they work, and how they fight fake news.
Context & challenge
Vincent Couronne, the founder, came to our class with a real brief: their collective was growing, but their workflow was a mess. Between WhatsApp, Messenger, Google Docs, and a half-dozen other tools, collaboration was slow and chaotic, hardly ideal when you're fact-checking in real time.
Advanced wireframe for the research screen, making fact-checking fast and frictionless
Wireframe for our Highlight feature. Let users save snippets as they research, so nothing gets lost when drafting an article
My role
I wore two hats. Week one, I led the UX process. Most of my classmates were new to user research and design thinking, so I guided the team through benchmarking, empathy mapping, interviews, wireframing, and user testing. Week two, I shifted focus to UI: I owned the Dashboard, created the project's UI kit, and designed key components across the app.
What we tackled
- Search & inspiration:Legal writers need to find sources fast, see what's already been covered, and grab key quotes. We designed a dashboard that made searching, reading, and sharing articles frictionless.
- Text editor, but smarter:We kept familiar text editing patterns (no need to reinvent the wheel for professors), but layered in new features, drag-and-drop highlights, suggested phrasing, and even early AI-powered bias detection.
- Proofreading, streamlined:Our research showed that the biggest bottleneck was review. So we built tools for inline comments, corrections, and live discussion, think Figma, but for legal writing.
Article search screen to find, review, or double-check if a topic’s already been covered
Custom text editor, tailored for collaborative fact-checking and fast drafting
After sending for review, users get comments from specialists, streamlining edits and approval
AI-powered panels: live suggestions, bias analysis, and smart bookmarks, all built to help writers stay sharp, objective and productif
Article info and progress tracking modal
Collaboration, reimagined
One of the biggest wins? Improving communication between professors, students, and volunteers. The project is funded by Université Paris-Saclay, and that unique mix of contributors is both a challenge and a strength. We leaned into it, designing features that made onboarding and collaboration easier for everyone.
Outcome
At the end of the sprint, we delivered a clickable prototype and a set of wireframes. Vincent was thrilled, he used our work to pitch for new funding, aiming to take the app into real development. Even though we didn't see the project through to launch, this workshop was a crash course in leading a team, managing constraints, and designing for complex, real-world problems.