March 16 (Reuters) – California-accredited law schools could soon be required to train students on artificial intelligence technology and how to use AI tools responsibly.
The State Bar of California’s Committee of ?Bar Examiners on Friday discussed adding “the competent use, capabilities, and limitations of technology ?and artificial intelligence” to the six credits of practice-based competency training juris doctor students at state-accredited and unaccredited law schools must complete.
That change, which the committee could formally pursue as early as next month, would ?apply to California’s 25 state-accredited and unaccredited law schools, but not to 17 law ?schools currently accredited by the American Bar Association in the state. California ?allows graduates of all three types of law schools to sit for its bar.
In a ?presentation before the committee, state bar staff recommended including AI in the practical skills training requirement ?and also adding it to the topics that must be covered in the required professional responsibility course.
California appears to be the first jurisdiction to contemplate an AI training requirement for law students. The arm of the ?ABA that oversees law school accreditation does not have any pending proposals to add AI ?to its curricular requirements, a spokesperson said Friday.
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