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legal education
Coverage of legal education in the Nexus archive.
- AI backlash reaches major university with bold ban on laptops and phones for law students
The University of Chicago has banned first-year law students from using phones, laptops, and tablets in class to combat AI reliance, promoting critical thinking. The policy includes designating classroom scribes and allowing limited device use for specific activities, alongside a strategy to teach ethical AI use in legal practice.
- UC Berkeley bans AI use for law students
UC Berkeley’s law school has banned students from using AI for assignments, brainstorming, outlining papers, and grammar correction, emphasizing critical thinking over AI reliance. Critics argue the policy disadvantages students by not preparing them for AI-integrated legal practices, though AI can still be used as a tutor outside assignments.