Its strategy "Rethinking Legal Education in the Age of AI" assumes that students will use AI, and redesigns the assessment and fundamentals of the profession accordingly.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Chicago has published a strategy entitled "Rethinking Legal Education in the AI Era", which focuses on three areas: building AI-resistant pedagogy and assessments; strengthening human skills that distinguish a good lawyer; and teaching responsible and effective use of tools.
The measures are concrete. A pilot program prohibits electronic devices in all basic first-year courses, with rare exceptions. Any student writing a substantial research paper must now defend it orally, in front of the class or in an individual interview with his teacher. In the legal clinic, on the other hand, access to specialized tools such as JusticeText or VisaLaw.AI is expanded, for a supervised learning of their ethical use.
The strategy was developed with an advisory board of fifteen former students from major firms and technology companies. Dean Adam Chilton presents it in the continuity of a tradition of curriculum adjustment rather than a break: the institution has, according to him, always agreed to change its teaching, and this moment is no exception.
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