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Anthony Shallat, LL.M. '25, credits Berkeley Law's AI Law and Regulation Certificate for taking him from advising on AI to building it. He is now product subject matter expert at Ironclad, an AI-powered contract platform, per the school's Friday profile.
Why it mattersThe substance is the role: he helps shape contract AI, judged, per his supervisor, on whether output matches how a skilled attorney reasons. His opinion, from someone who builds the products, is that spreading AI makes experts who can train, evaluate and bound it more valuable, not less. He quit a legal job with nothing lined up to take the certificate, and his article on copyright in AI-generated code is due in The Ohio State Technology Law Journal. If that trade keeps paying, expect the credential queue to grow.
Discuss: For a lawyer who wants to build AI rather than advise on it, does a university certificate beat a year learning products on the job, or is the credential just the more expensive door?
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