Reimagining legal education at the dawn of artificial legal intelligence: Toward a human-centered hybrid

John Bliss

Chapter 19 in Research Handbook on Global Legal Education, 2026, pp 370-379 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter draws on a first‑year teaching experiment and a national survey of US law faculty. It documents a student-faculty gap: students report that iterative use of generative AI can deepen their doctrinal understanding, while faculty emphasize the risks of overreliance and erosion of core learning objectives. The chapter offers a set of criteria for evaluating AI's use in different teaching contexts. It suggests a hybrid model, where legal educators provide baseline instruction in AI competence, while also doubling down on the irreplaceably human dimensions of lawyering.

Keywords: AI and Legal Education; Student-faculty Gap on AI Use; Critical AI Literacy and Equity; Access to Justice and Hybrid AI-Human Lawyering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781788117005
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