Northwestern Law faculty Daniel W. Linna Jr. joins Illinois Supreme Court artificial intelligence task force

March 4, 2024

NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In January, the Illinois Supreme Court selected Daniel W. Linna Jr., Senior Lecturer and the Director of Law and Technology Initiatives, to serve on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force as part of its strategic agenda, which provides a blueprint for the next three years.

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Podcast: Rutgers Law dean Johanna Bond discusses artificial intelligence with graduate

March 4, 2024

THE POWER OF ATTORNEY — Nancy Wolff RLAW’81 joins Dean Bond to talk about her own journey from law school to practicing law in media, entertainment, and arts, along with the developments in AI and how it affects her industry.

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A look at Stanford Law Artificial Intelligence Executive Order Tracker

March 4, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — The U.S. government has made swift progress and broadened transparency, but that momentum needs to be maintained for the next looming deadlines.

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Stanford Law professor Dan Ho testifies before California State Senate on artificial intelligence

March 4, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law’s Daniel Ho, William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy), Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and Director of the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab), testified before the California State Senate

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Advice: Lawyers should tread carefully before using artificial intelligence in practice

March 4, 2024

MINNESOTA LAWYER — They’re the two letters that won’t seem to go away, regardless of one’s profession: AI. Through applications such as ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has been touted as everything from a timesaver to the thing that will kill all creative pursuits. But at this moment, do lawyers really have a solid use for it?

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How to use artificial intelligence in law school

March 4, 2024

THE NATIONAL JURIST — University of Louisville’s Tanner, also an early adopter of GenAI, advocates for law students and professors to learn about the technology’s capabilities and limitations.

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Opinion: Why some law firms ban generative artificial intelligence for research and writing

March 4, 2024

BLOOMBERG LAW — Our law firm has a policy forbidding our lawyers to use generative artificial intelligence to produce legal products such as briefs, motion arguments, and researched opinions. Here are some of the reasons we think this is the only right course.

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New artificial intelligence program aims to help lawyers understand how judges think

March 4, 2024

REUTERS — A new venture by a legal technology entrepreneur and a former Kirkland & Ellis partner says it can use artificial intelligence to help lawyers understand how individual judges think, allowing them to tailor their arguments and improve their courtroom results.

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How university counsel plays an important role at universities

March 4, 2024

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Once upon a time, administrators on college campuses would gather in corner offices to write new policies or start new programs. When their work was done, someone would say, “run this past the lawyer” to make sure all the legal t’s were crossed and i’s were dotted.

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Number of students transferring universities have increased over the past year

March 4, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new report shows the number of students transferring grew last fall, especially among disadvantaged groups, a tentatively hopeful sign to higher ed experts.

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