Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 517: Teaching AI in Law School (w/Megan Hutchinson and Nicole Phillips)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 515: How to Prepare for Class and Not Freak Out When You Get Called On (1L Summer Series)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 513: Grappling with AI as a Law Student and Lawyer (1L Summer Series)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 512: Listen and Learn -- Landlord/Tenant Law (Part 2) - Assignments and Subletting
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 511: Listen and Learn -- Landlord/Tenant Law (Part 1)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 510: How Do I Organize My Time and Stay Focused? (1L Summer Series)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 316: Spotlight on Torts (Part 1 – Negligence)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 509: Listen and Learn -- Third-Party Rights in Contracts (Part 2 - Beneficiaries)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 508: Listen and Learn -- Third-Party Rights in Contracts (Part 1 - Rules)
Early Returns Podcast - Oliver Roberts: AI and the Law, and an Education
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 310: Listen and Learn -- Accomplice Liability (Criminal Law)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 501: Listen and Learn -- Present and Future Estates (Part 1)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 480: Ethical Uses of AI in Law School (w/Professor Susan Tanner)
Mastering Legal Writing: Elevate Your Written Advocacy – Speaking of Litigation Video Podcast
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 467: Surviving Migration in the Age of Technology (w/Petra Molnar)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 463: Quick Tips -- Organizing Your LRW Assignments
The Chartwell Chronicles: Artificial Intelligence
No Password Required: American University’s Vice Provost for Research and Innovation and a Tracker of (Cyber) Unicorns
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 430: The Paxton AI Founders Talk About Their AI Legal Assistant
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 409: Start Law School Right -- Legal Research and Writing
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries across the board, and the legal field is no exception. Clients today are increasingly turning to AI tools like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and other generative platforms...more
The list of attorneys sanctioned for filing pleadings containing fictitious or materially inaccurate case citations (e.g., hallucinated case law) is growing by the day. ...more
I was an early adopter of CoCounsel. And it blew my mind. The idea that AI could read cases, summarize depositions, and draft research memos felt revolutionary. I evangelized it to anyone who would listen. Today, that same...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today Alison is speaking with USF law professors Megan Hutchinson and Nicole Phillips about how they are teaching law students to use AI responsibly -- emphasizing ethical,...more
Most lawyers regard Mata v. Avianca, Inc., 678 F. Supp. 3d 443, 448 (S.D.N.Y. 2023), as the leading case on the consequences of misuse of generative artificial intelligence in legal pleadings. It was from Mata v. Avianca that...more
The moment of truth had arrived. Were ChatGPT’s insights genuine epiphanies, valuable new connections across knowledge domains with real practical and theoretical implications, or were they merely convincing illusions? Had...more
By now, most lawyers should know the dangers of relying on generative AI for legal research. A big risk is that AI will generate fake case citations and quotations. Failure to check and verify the citations and quotations can...more
Almost overnight, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has become ubiquitous in numerous aspects of life, both personal and work-related. Nearly all major law firms have begun to explore and, in many instances, have...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, in our 1L summer series, we're exploring whether law students should continue to study as hard if AI can already perform many tasks for us. We're highlighting AI's...more
Are you feeling “left behind” or possibly irrelevant because you’ve yet to integrate artificial intelligence into your law firm’s operations? You could easily feel that way after reading the 2025 Future of Professionals...more
If you’re reading legal briefs late at night because administrative tasks consumed your day, you’re not alone. But you don’t have to accept this as the inevitable cost of managing a small law firm...more
Introduction: The Urgency and Promise of Generative AI in Law - The unprecedented rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide presents the legal profession with a pivotal opportunity for...more
A quiet revolution is underway in search behavior: AI-powered search engines are becoming the primary research tool for sophisticated B2B clients who need legal services. This isn’t a gradual shift; it’s an acceleration...more
Lawyers are getting sanctioned for AI-generated fiction masquerading as legal research. The most infamous case, Mata v. Avianca in New York federal court, saw attorneys submit a brief containing six completely fictional...more
We have previously outlined several cases where lawyers have been sanctioned by courts for citing fake cases generated by artificial intelligence (AI), also known as “hallucinations.”...more
The legal profession stands at the edge of a cliff, and most practitioners are sleepwalking toward it. This isn't about gradual change or market evolution. The legal industry is being rewired in real time by artificial...more
According to a recent survey, artificial intelligence gained a significant foothold in corporate legal departments in 2025, where it is being used mostly for contract drafting and review, legal research, and document...more
Introduction: Beyond the Prompt Era - The legal profession is undergoing a profound shift. For decades, the integration of computing in law was incremental—word processors, databases, legal research platforms....more
One would think an artificial intelligence company would be sensitized to the risk of AI hallucination in legal citations. One would be wrong. In Concord Music Group, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, Magistrate Judge Susan Van Keulen...more
While artificial intelligence (AI) is a tool that can increase lawyers’ efficiency and cut costs for clients, the recent case of Ko v. Li, 2025 ONSC 2965 offers a warning about the serious legal implications for lawyers using...more
If Bill Gates walked into a bar in the poorest part of town, the average patron there would be a billionaire. Statistically speaking, that is. And while this data-driven observation is meaningless, it serves as a helpful...more
Just about every week, someone asks one of us how our work is being affected by artificial intelligence (“AI”), and especially about the large language models (“LLMs”), such as ChatGPT, that have become prevalent in everyday...more
By now most litigators know that generative artificial intelligence is a two-edged sword. While the ethical duty of technology competence arguably requires litigators to consider using artificial intelligence technologies for...more
Jan Baran speaks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) legal expert. lawyer and teacher, Oliver Roberts, to speak about AI, its birth, its forms, and how people have historically used and are currently using the ever-changing...more
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been immersed in the necessary but time-consuming task of updating my Custom GPTs—AI tools I designed using OpenAI’s GPT Builder platform. Some are private, tailored to my work as a lawyer,...more