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US law schools are experimenting with sharply different rules for AI, from laptop bans in classes to compulsory technology courses, according to Above the Law. The argument is no longer whether students will encounter AI in legal work, but whether education should prepare them for it or keep it outside the classroom door.
Why it mattersThe report quotes AI at Berkeley Law, a student-run organisation, criticising the University of California, Berkeley School of Law’s restrictive policy. Its position is that students should learn the difference between outsourcing legal reasoning to AI and using AI as a tool within a legal workflow. That is a useful dividing line. A blanket ban may protect traditional assessment, but it can also leave future lawyers underprepared for tools employers increasingly expect them to understand. Should law schools teach responsible AI use as core professional training, or keep the technology away from assessed work until its reliability improves?
Discuss: Should law schools make AI literacy compulsory, or would that legitimise tools that are still too unreliable for legal reasoning?
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