Author: Colin S. Levy
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I created a primer entitled “Law School in the Age of AI.”
AI systems already draft contracts, summarize depositions, and generate legal memoranda at scale.
The profession has shifted, but most curricula haven’t followed.
What the market actually needs are lawyers who can direct these tools with precision, evaluate their output critically, and recognize when not to trust them.
Those are teachable skills, and a handful of schools are proving it.
Chicago’s AI Lab had students build LeaseChat, a chatbot that helps renters understand their leases.
Michigan embedded students directly into collaborations with courts and legal aid organizations.
Suffolk created a full concentration rather than scattering AI across isolated electives.
Berkeley went further and launched the first AI-focused LL.M. degree.
The good work is real, but it remains the exception.
Students deserve structured, hands-on training woven into required courses, not optional add-ons for the self-selected few.
This guide attempts to mapsthe gap between where legal education is and where it needs to be.
I’d welcome your thoughts.
I’m Colin, General Counsel at Malbek, and author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem.
