Lectorium
An Estonian legal reading assistant that answers only from Riigi Teataja - it finds the exact section, quotes it word for word with a link to the source, and never from memory.
Most important features.
Everything that makes an answer you can trust: the real law, the exact section, and a link you can open yourself.
Grounded in Real Law
Lectorium finds the relevant provision in Riigi Teataja and quotes it word for word - with a link straight to the source.
Never From Memory
It doesn't answer from what a model "remembers". Every answer is built from the actual statute text, or it isn't given at all.
Honest When Unsure
If no provision clearly fits, Lectorium says so plainly instead of guessing. An answer without a citation isn't worth giving.
Our Own Estonian Model
A small language model built from scratch for Estonian and run on our own infrastructure - end to end, ours.
What Lectorium Is
An Estonian-first reading assistant for the law. Ask a plain question in your own words and Lectorium finds the matching section in Riigi Teataja, shows you the exact text, and links you to the source - so you can read and judge it yourself.
- Answers only from Riigi Teataja
- Every answer quotes a real, cited section
- Says so honestly when it isn't sure
It Reads the Law First, Then Answers
Lectorium never trusts a model's memory. It searches the real statutes, retrieves the most relevant section, and only then builds an answer around that text - so what you read is the law, not a guess.
Every Answer, Sourced
Each answer shows the exact section - § and act - with a link straight to Riigi Teataja. Nothing is paraphrased into something you can't check; the source is always one click away.
It Says When It Doesn't Know
When no provision clearly fits the question, Lectorium tells you - instead of inventing a confident, wrong answer. It fails in the open, with the source in your hands, which is the only way a legal tool should fail.
Built From Scratch, Growing With You
Lectorium runs on our own Estonian language model, trained from the ground up. It reads nine laws today - employment, public service, youth work, the law of obligations, consumer protection, succession and family law - and the list grows on request.
How it works.
A closer look at how Lectorium answers, and who it's for.
Lectorium borrows the discipline of good legal research: find the governing text first, then answer from it. You ask a question in plain Estonian; it retrieves the most relevant section from Riigi Teataja and answers strictly from what that section says.
No made-up paragraphs, no confident bluffing. If it can't find a provision that clearly fits, it tells you - and every answer it does give carries a citation you can open and read for yourself.
Built for everyday work
Lectorium keeps the real law in front of you: the matching section quoted in full, the act and § labelled, and a link to the source a click away. Ask, read the provision, and decide - as often as a question comes up.
- Answers drawn only from Riigi Teataja text
- The exact section quoted, with act and §
- A source link on every answer
- An honest "no clear provision" when that's the truth
Who it's for
Anyone who runs into Estonian law and wants to read the actual text - employees and employers, consumers, students, HR and support staff. If you'd rather see the governing section than trust a black box, Lectorium is built for you.
Lectorium at a glance
A quick look at how Lectorium compares to the usual ways of getting a legal answer online.
| What matters | Generic chatbot | Web search | Lectorium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers from real law text | From memory | Links only | Quoted in full |
| Cites the exact section | Rarely | You dig for it | Always, with § |
| Links to the source | No | Yes | Yes - Riigi Teataja |
| Says when it's unsure | Rarely | — | Honestly |
| Language | Varies | Varies | Estonian-first |
| Source of truth | Model memory | The open web | Riigi Teataja |
Try Lectorium
Ask something you've genuinely wondered about - and read the law it hands back.
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