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Worried About Students Cheating with AI?  Here Are Some Smart Ways to Respond

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Tired of reading student papers that sound like they were written by the love child of a robot and a corporate communications consultant? You’re not alone. Many law school faculty are worried that students are using AI tools to cheat – undermining their own learning and violating academic integrity policies. Some students do misuse AI, … Continue reading Worried About Students Cheating with AI?  Here Are Some Smart Ways to Respond →

A New Mosaic of Insights About Conflict

Ken Fox’s new book, Perspectives on Conflict: Insights for Professional and Personal Practice, is a beautifully-written volume that provides a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at the nature of conflict.  It invites readers to understand conflict itself and not simply consider how to manage it. The book is organized into three parts.  Part 1 explores foundational concepts.  … Continue reading A New Mosaic of Insights About Conflict →

New ABA Standard 314 on Assessment of Student Learning

The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar updated several standards relating to learning outcomes that must be implemented by the start of 2026-2027 academic year.  Standard 314 has been revised to require law schools to use formative assessment methods throughout their curricula.  Here is the text of the new standard and … Continue reading New ABA Standard 314 on Assessment of Student Learning →

What If the Real Problem Isn’t AI – It’s Your Writing Assignment?

You’re probably on a high after having graded uniformly erudite papers in your courses, right? Or is your head still aching from trying to figure out which parallel universes your students come from? I’d guess that you’re more likely to be in the latter group than the former. Now Throw AI into the Mix As … Continue reading What If the Real Problem Isn’t AI – It’s Your Writing Assignment? →

What Are You Gonna Do About AI in Your Courses Next Semester?

Love AI or hate it – you can’t just avoid it. AI tools like ChatGPT are reshaping legal education.  Some students are using AI to ghostwrite their course papers.  Some faculty are using it to enhance students’ learning. Whether you want to embrace this technology or are deeply skeptical about it, you can’t afford to … Continue reading What Are You Gonna Do About AI in Your Courses Next Semester? →

What the New York Times Gets Right (and Wrong) About AI Writing

A New York Times article, Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?, grabbed my attention because it identifies many of my frustrations in using AI to help me write. It also supports an argument in my article, Solving Professors’ Dilemmas about Prohibiting or Promoting Student AI Use, that faculty – not to mention lawyers’ supervisors … Continue reading What the New York Times Gets Right (and Wrong) About AI Writing →

How Will AI Affect Legal Practice and Education?

That’s the question that Nancy B. Rapoport and Joseph R. Tiano, Jr., discussed in Fighting the Hypothetical:  Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era. This article provides a deep analysis, summarized in the abstract (with added blank lines to enhance readability): As the legal profession continues to grasp the … Continue reading How Will AI Affect Legal Practice and Education? →

Teaching with AI: Faculty Reflections and a Preview of Professors’ Dilemma

At the recent AALS ADR Section WIP Conference, I led a focus group to explore how faculty are using – and thinking about using – AI in their courses.  The participants shared a range of thoughtful insights, revealing both enthusiasm and caution.  Their responses offered a snapshot of what experimentation with AI looks like now, … Continue reading Teaching with AI: Faculty Reflections and a Preview of Professors’ Dilemma →

AI at the WIP

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Many colleagues at the AALS ADR Section Works-in-Progress Conference focused on various aspects of artificial intelligence (AI).  Their papers included the following: The Bots are Coming: How Can Law Professors Stay One Step Ahead?, Hal Abramson (Touro) Detecting and Challenging AI Drafted Arbitration Awards, Rishi Batra (McGeorge) Data Resolution: How AI Agents Change Conflict, Simon … Continue reading AI at the WIP →

Ghostwriter or Coach?  New Articles Offer Practical Help with AI in Student Writing

Don’t you just hate it when you suspect a student submitted a paper written by AI and you can’t tell for sure?  You’re not alone – a recent survey finds that many faculty share your concern. These concerns – and potential solutions – are the focus of two short articles worth checking out: Faculty Use … Continue reading Ghostwriter or Coach?  New Articles Offer Practical Help with AI in Student Writing →