While the early 2000s gave way in the middle of the century, something that continuously occupied real estate In the titles was a simple question, if not disturbing:
“Will technology take my work?” Messaging rooms to conference rooms, the idea that automation, including advent and rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) would have significant ramifications on employment was essential, including in the legal profession. Technology has not replaced lawyers, doctors or other professionals, but it is a key tool to help them practice their specialized professions better.
In local law schools, technologies and AI quickly went from a new and interesting trend in an essential tool to learn and integrate into education and legal practice.
To this end, the Gould School of Law from the University of California of the South has launched a new program which offers a certificate of law and artificial intelligence. It is a certificate of 12 units which is proposed part -time as an autonomous program at the Faculty of Law. Registration is open to students and other members of the community who take courses.
“Technology is a great equalizer. There is no return.
When the AI was adopted for the first time as a dominant technology, it generated concerns related to cheating potential. However, these fears quickly changed as the advantages of the use of technology to examine documents or research legislation offered clear advantages. By providing exposure to technology at the law faculty, Tolson has acknowledged that it helps make students more marketable when they get their diploma and enter the legal profession. In the end, students must have real skills in addition to a solid educational foundation to meet the needs of businesses and large companies that seek to hire graduates from the Faculty of Law, and the advantages of AA acts of time prevailing for it that it is used with maliciousness.
Other schools have created similar offers. UC Berkeley Law will launch a Master of Laws law program (LLM) focused on this summer. The program can be completed in two summers or through a remote study combined in a summer on the campus.
Groups of students have been trained to create programs devoted to education on artificial intelligence. At the UCLA School of Law, the AI of AI Law UCLA association was founded two years ago and develops programs such as industry panels, skills workshops and research publications. The group promotes AI tools in addition to traditional legal education, but also stimulates conversations on the ethical and logistical consequences of technological disturbance in the legal industry.
In California, 18 new laws were signed by Governor Newsom who entered into force on January 1 which directly approached artificial intelligence. There are now important regulations concerning Deepfake technology, AI transparency, data confidentiality and the use of AI in medical records and health care. California is at the forefront of this technology, with many companies in the Silicon Valley region working on models of large languages and their implementation in all aspects of the company and respect for new and evolving laws concerning intellectual property and privacy. Certain laws allow a private right of action, but most focus on state monitoring to keep the AI transparent and protect the public from improper use.
In addition, AB 2013 will come into force in 2026 and obliges developers to disclose important details on the data used to train their important language models at 2022, including sources, types and if it includes information protected by copyright. This type of documentation is designed to provide a certain transparency, but could create compliance problems because many companies have not followed this information before in the manner that must be disclosed under the law.
Brietta Clark, who received his JD from the USC Gould in 1999, is now dean of the Loyola Law School, illustrated with the Dean Franita Tolson de Gould.
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New programs for a changing legal landscape
The USC Gould School of Law celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, and Dean Tolson explained that the school is proud to engage with new areas of law in evolution as part of its long history of innovation. The first modern legal aid program was born from a USC Gould clinic created in 1929. It has developed new programs as the university has developed, currently offering 15 double -degree programs.
This fall, the USC Gould will launch a sports, media, entertainment and technology center to take advantage of major events such as the World Cup, the Olympic Games and the Super Bowl to come in southern California in the coming years. The school has created a program that connects students to internships in local sports teams, law firms and other sports industry companies. The sports, media and entertainment industry has developed considerably in recent years when athlete students have acquired the legal right to market their name, image and resemblance and growth of streaming services.
“We went well when people can graduate and think like lawyers. They must have expectations on the operation of a transaction. There is an obligation that we must make sure that our students are prepared, “said Tolson.
Clinics are an essential element of practical and practical training for lawyers. In Loyola Faculty of Law In downtown Los Angeles, Dean Brietta Clark described the work carried out in the 20 different legal clinics from the school which are to work with children in immigrant justice, a project for innocent people and focus on work with those who have suffered from atrocities. Clark, a former USC Gould student, was appointed dean of the Loyola Law School last year after being an interim dean. She joined the Faculty of Faculties of Law in 2001.
“The clinics are anchored in our mission as a Jesuit university. It is an aspect of the program that attracts people to us because they want to make a difference as soon as possible,” said Clark.
While clinics are an excellent opportunity for students to acquire real work experience, at USC Gould, a different type of program has been launched under Tolson’s leadership that offers visitors to teach school opportunities, offering a chance to spend a year or two in an academic role while simultaneously spending time writing a law.
“We want to do our part to make it more accessible to those who do not plan to teach. They just need an opportunity,” said Tolson.
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Life of Campus: on site, distant or hybrid
In addition to improved course offers, Tolson’s hiring coincided with a large fundraising campaign to support the construction of a new dedicated law faculty building. The building offered at six levels will provide USC Gould with an additional 55,000 square feet and will be located directly west of the current Musick law building. The campaign aims to collect $ 50 million and the school organizes many events as part of its one -year celebration of its 125th anniversary which will also benefit future student bodies.
Even if schools are developing physically to meet the needs of the next generation of lawyers, at the Loyola Law School, Dean Clark noted that technology had also changed the way students interact with the physical campus, leading them to develop a hybrid learning program. The school had a part-time program which traditionally met four evenings per week, but which changed due to COVID-19.
“Covid has really increased the idea that much more legal work becomes online. Many judicial appearances are now distant. We have to integrate technology into education to show students what the practice looks like – today and tomorrow. ”
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