Legal documents people understand.
I redesign contracts, terms and procedures so the people who read them understand them — while your organisation stays fully protected.
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A lawyer who designs
Clarity
A document should be clear to the person reading it — not only to the person who wrote it.
Legal certainty
I simplify the form, not the protection.
I combine responsibility for the legal substance with a designer's craft. Structure, language and layout are built together with the content — not after it.
I bring law and design together so documents work
I am a Polish attorney-at-law (radca prawny) and run the augustyn.legal practice. I design legal documents and processes so they are understandable, useful and friendly to the people who use them — and fully compliant with the law.
I also run legal design workshops and training for legal and business teams.
[of practice as an attorney-at-law]
[12]years
[documents redesigned]
[150]+
[workshops for legal and business teams]
[40]+
Three ways to make the law understandable
I work with companies, public institutions and legal teams — from a single document to an entire customer process.
Document design
Contracts, terms and procedures your readers understand — redesigned or written from scratch, with full responsibility for the legal content.
Let's talk about your documentTraining and workshops
Your team learns to write and design documents people can actually read — working on your own texts, not textbook examples.
Ask about trainingAccessibility and WCAG
I check whether the Polish Accessibility Act applies to your business and prepare documents everyone can use — including people using a screen reader.
Check whether it applies to you
From the first conversation to a document in use
Three stages. At each one you know what you get and what happens next.
Stage 1: Goal and context
We agree the goal, scope and audience. I get to know your organisation and the materials you already have, and find where the document falls short today.
OutcomeScope, timeline and quote
Stage 2: Design and testing
I design the structure, language and layout, then test them with the people who will read them. I revise before anything goes live.
OutcomeA new, tested version of the document
Stage 3: Rollout and measurement
I hand over the finished document, a template for the future and guidance for your team. After rollout we check whether it met the agreed goal.
OutcomeA finished document and a template to build on
[Notes on law you can actually understand]
[Short pieces on legal design, accessibility and plain language.]
[Plain language isn't less precise]
[How to simplify the wording without losing the legal substance.]
[Talk at a digital accessibility conference]
[How to design documents that are accessible from the first draft.]
[The Polish Accessibility Act: what changes for documents]
[Which documents the new requirements cover and where to start.]
[Good work. In their words.]
[People I have worked with — and what changed in their day-to-day work.]
[The first legal document our team read from start to finish — and knew straight away what to do.]
[Customers stopped calling with questions about the terms. Everything they were looking for was on the first page.]
[60]%[fewer questions from clients]
[The workshop changed how we write contracts. Shorter sentences, a clear structure, fewer questions from clients.]
[You don't have to change every document.]
[Just the right one.]
[We usually start with one document — and it becomes the template for the next ones.]
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Everything worth knowing before we talk
Can't see your question here? Write to me — I'm happy to answer.
I run a business. Do I have to make it accessible?
It depends on the kind of product or service you offer, how you sell it, who your customers are and which exemptions may apply. Since 28 June 2025 Poland has applied the Act of 26 April 2024 on ensuring that certain products and services meet accessibility requirements, known as the Polish Accessibility Act. It implements the European Accessibility Act and covers specific products and services, including e-commerce, retail banking, telecommunications services, e-books and some passenger transport services. Services offered or provided by microenterprises are outside its scope, but obligations can also come from other laws, contracts or funding conditions. That is why every situation needs an individual assessment.
Does accessibility apply to documents too, or only to websites?
It can also apply to documents and information provided as part of a product, a service or communication with customers. That does not mean every digital document is subject to exactly the same obligations. The requirements depend on, among other things, who you are, the kind of service, how the document is made available and the file format. Whether or not a specific legal obligation applies, an accessible document is good practice. It should have a logical structure and reading order, a clear hierarchy and sufficient contrast, and — depending on the format — work with assistive technologies.
Can a simplified document still be legally sound?
Yes, as long as the redesign keeps control over the substance. Legal design is not about removing necessary provisions but about better organising the content, language, navigation and presentation. The document should stay as complete and precise as it needs to be, while letting the reader understand their rights, obligations and the consequences of what they do.
Do I have to redesign all my documents at once?
No. We can start with a single document, process or point of contact with your customers. I match the scope and depth of the work to the project's goal, and the result can later become a template for other documents or processes in your organisation.
How will I know it works?
Before we start, we agree the project's goal and how we will judge the result. Depending on the solution, we can measure, for example, the number of questions sent to the legal team, the time it takes to negotiate or sign a contract, errors in forms, complaints, process completion, or how well readers understand the document in a test with them. The right measures always depend on your organisation's context.