538: Using AI in Law School: Smart Strategies and Red Flags

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! As AI is becoming part of our everyday life, we're discussing the good practices and the questionable uses of AI in law school.

In this episode we discuss:

• How law students are currently using AI
• How law schools and professors are responding to AI usage
• The upside: When AI genuinely helps you learn and practice
• Risks, pitfalls, and ethical landmines

Resources:

• Tutoring for Law School Success (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/tutoring-for-law-school-success/)
• AI in Higher Education: A Meta Summary of Recent Surveys of Students and Faculty (https://sites.campbell.edu/academictechnology/2025/03/06/ai-in-higher-education-a-summary-of-recent-surveys-of-students-and-faculty/)
• ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence releases survey on AI and legal education (https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2024/06/aba-task-force-law-and-ai-survey/)
• This law school is among the 1% that allow use of AI to write admissions essays (https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/a-majority-of-surveyed-law-schools-have-no-policy-on-using-ai-to-write-admission-essays/)
• Risks of AI in Legal Practice (https://law.stanford.edu/juelsgaard-intellectual-property-and-innovation-clinic/risks-of-ai-in-legal-practice/)
• Podcast Episode 480: Ethical Uses of AI in Law School (w/Professor Susan Tanner) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-480-ethical-uses-of-ai-in-law-school-w-professor-susan-tanner/)
• Podcast Episode 505: Breaking ADHD Barriers with the Help of AI (w/Lindsay Scola) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-505-breaking-adhd-barriers-with-the-help-of-ai-w-lindsay-scola/)
• Podcast Episode 517: Teaching AI in Law School (w/Megan Hutchinson and Nicole Phillips) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-517-teaching-ai-in-law-school-w-megan-hutchinson-and-nicole-phillips/)

Download the Transcript (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-538-using-ai-in-law-school-smart-strategies-and-red-flags/)

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