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California considers mandatory AI training for law students
California’s 25 state-accredited and unaccredited law schools could be mandated to train their students how to responsibly use artificial intelligence if a proposal under discussion by the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners moves forward. (Image from Shutterstock)
California’s 25 state-accredited and unaccredited law schools could be mandated to train their students how to responsibly use artificial intelligence if a proposal under discussion by the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners moves forward.
Reuters has the story.
Last week, the committee discussed adding “the competent use, capabilities and limitations of technology and artificial intelligence” to the six credits of practice-based learning training at those schools, according to the story, a change that could be pursued as early as April.
The ruling would not apply to the 17 ABA-accredited law schools in California, where graduates of unaccredited and state-accredited law schools can take the bar exam, along with those from ABA-accredited schools, according to Reuters.
A state bar poll conducted in late February and early March found that 89% of California-accredited and unaccredited law schools agreed that students should be trained on AI, but only 45% said the state bar should require AI competency courses, according to the story.
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