Generative
AI
continues
to
dominate
the
legal
tech
hype
cycle.
Despite
high-profile
embarrassments
for
lawyers
trying
to
use
the
algorithmic
hallucination
machine
to
disastrous
end,
trusted
industry
providers
remain
confident
that
proper
safeguards
and
techniques
can
build
a
time-saving
AI
assistant
for
lawyers.
And
idiots
are
saying
the
same
thing.
But…
let’s
not
go
crazy.
The
biggest
players
in
AI
are
already
admitting
that
it
takes
exponential
resources
to
make
linear
improvements
and
when
they’re
losing
billions
each
year
while
promising
it’s
going
to
all
be
worth
it
if
they
could
just
get
several
more
billion
to
suck
up
several
more
gigawatts
of
power, it
might
be
worth
considering
that
what
we
have
now
is
pretty
much
as
good
as
AI
is
going
to
get.
Which
isn’t
a
bad
thing.
Artificial
intelligence
tools
will
absolutely
unlock
substantial
benefits
for
attorneys
and
jump
start
projects
as
lawyers
build
out
sophisticated
methods
of
mining
the
firm’s
accumulated
knowledge
and
models
to
create
workable
first
drafts.
It
could
deliver
efficiencies
that
finally
take
down
the
billable
hour.
But
—
barring
a
singularity-level
jump
in
something
like
quantum
computing
—
it’s
not
replacing
lawyers.
Case
Western
Reserve
University
School
of
Law
understands
both
the
promise
and
limitations
of
generative
AI
and
has
launched
a
new
requirement
for
1Ls
to
achieve
certification
in
AI.
Case
Western
Reserve
University
School
of
Law
will
become
the
first
in
the
nation
to
require
all
first-year
law
students
to
earn
a
certification
in
legal
artificial
intelligence
(AI).
Launching
in
February
of
this
year,
the
“Introduction
to
AI
and
the
Law”
program—developed
in
partnership
with
Wickard.ai—will
immerse
students
in
the
fundamentals
of
AI
and
its
impact
on
the
legal
world.
It
doesn’t
require
getting
swallowing
the
AI
hype
to
realize
that
this
is
a
technology
that
young
attorneys
will
be
expected
to
understand.
For
lawyers
of
another
generation,
this
is
no
different
than
law
schools
requiring
1Ls
to
learn
how
to
use
Lexis
and
Westlaw
25
years
ago.
A
graduating
lawyer
in
the
latter
half
of
the
2020s
will
need
to
know
what
the
major
legal
AI
products
are,
how
they
work,
and
how
NOT
to
use
them.
That
last
part
might
be
the
most
important
and
the
CWRU
Law
course
will
discuss
the
evolving
landscape
of
AI
regulations
and
the
ethical
considerations
lawyers
have
to
take
into
account.
Expect
this
course
to
become
a
model
for
more
law
schools
in
the
coming
years.
Just
like
those
law
students
in
the
early
2000s
stopped
learning
how
to
use
books
for
Shepardizing
and
mastered
boolean
search
terms,
newly
minted
lawyers
are
going
to
be
expected
to
know
how
the
major
AI
tools
work
within
the
firm.
Earlier:
Generative
AI…
What
If
This
Is
As
Good
As
It
Gets?
Elon
Musk
Feeds
AI
‘All
Court
Cases,’
Promises
It
Will
Replace
Judges
Because
He’s
An
Idiot