A professor who helped write UC Berkeley’s strict new AI policy says it’s about preserving ‘the value add of a lawyer’

A professor who helped write UC Berkeley’s strict new AI policy says it’s about preserving ‘the value add of a lawyer’

UC Berkeley Law School is implementing a stricter AI policy. The general policy is that students can no longer use AI for activities such as brainstorming. UC Berkeley Law School professor Chris Hoofnagle said it’s about making sure students learn fundamental skills. UC Berkeley Law School’s stricter AI policy forbids students from using it for…

Legal AI’s Next Act Is In-House Productivity – Artificial Lawyer

Legal AI’s Next Act Is In-House Productivity – Artificial Lawyer

By Daniel Lewis, Global CEO, LegalOn. Law firm AI is constrained by incentives that resist productivity. In-house legal operates in a model designed to reward it. Vast sums are being invested in AI products that aim to enhance legal efficiency, precision, and productivity by automating labor-intensive tasks. While individual lawyers are increasingly comfortable using these…

Lawyer Who Misused AI Issued Non-Monetary Sanctions for Errors

Lawyer Who Misused AI Issued Non-Monetary Sanctions for Errors

A lawyer has been sanctioned for submitting case citations from a generative AI program in filings to a federal district court without checking their accuracy. Judge Stacey D. Neumann in a Tuesday opinion ordered Kelly Guagenty of the Justice Law Collaborative LLC, an all-women-owned and led plaintiffs firm, to attend a continuing legal education course…