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The Next Associate Assignment
Jen Leonard of Practising Law Institute. Courtesy photo. It seems so quaint today. When I was a summer associate, a signature assignment was the 50-state survey. A partner would pluck a legal issue out of thin air, like auto safety or alcohol sales, and ask you to draft a report cataloging every jurisdiction’s law on the topic. The research was mind-numbing. Compiling and drafting devoured weeks. (Maybe that was the point.
Law Firms and Law Schools Must Address AI Readiness
Jen Leonard of Practising Law Institute. Courtesy photo. For decades, top-ranked law schools and prestigious law firms have enjoyed a mutually reinforcing relationship. Law schools produce credentialed graduates, and firms provide the high-status jobs that help schools market their success. Historically, clients subsidized the gap in practical skills by paying for junior associate hours, having little choice in the matter. But that dynamic is now under pressure.
AI and the Future of Law Episode 38: Making Talk Cheap: Are AI Tools Devaluing Legal Writing?
Click here to watch the video Generative AI is rapidly changing how legal work gets done, and writing is at the center of that shift. In this episode of AI and the Future of Law, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack examine how AI tools that produce polished legal text are reshaping writing as a professional skill.
Title: Can AI Help You Win in Court? Explore a New Era of Self-Representation with the AI and Future of Law Podcast
Watch AI and the Future of Law Episode 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQII8VFbfXI&t=4s Can AI help someone win a real court case? In this episode of AI and the Future of Law, hosts Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack dive into two eye-opening case studies. First, they unpack a real-life appellate victory in California, where a self-represented litigant using only AI tools successfully overturned a $55,000 judgment.
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