Excited to be newly affiliated with Cornell Law School’s Center for Law and AI. The Center “brings together researchers working at the intersection of law and artificial intelligence. The Center explores how AI is reshaping the legal profession, how legal education should evolve in response, how law and policy can effectively govern AI, and how AI tools can advance scholarship on legal and societal questions.”
The Center has four focus areas:
AI and Legal Education. Artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice, from document review to predictive analytics. At the Center for Law and AI, we examine how legal education must evolve to prepare students for this changing landscape. Our work explores curricular innovation, ethical training, and the integration of computational thinking and AI literacy into the legal classroom.
AI and Legal Practice. Artificial intelligence is reshaping how legal services are delivered—from contract analysis and legal research to client counseling and dispute resolution. At the Center for Law and AI, we study how these technologies are changing the roles of lawyers, the structure of legal work, and access to justice. We also examine the ethical, professional, and institutional challenges that accompany the integration of AI into legal practice.
AI and Scholarship. Artificial intelligence opens new frontiers for legal research and analysis—and raises new questions. At the Center for Law and AI, we explore how AI can assist in discovering patterns in legal texts, generating and testing legal theories, and expanding the empirical study of law. We also study how AI interacts with legal institutions and society to generate new legal and societal challenges and opportunities.
Regulating AI. The rise of artificial intelligence poses urgent questions for law and policy. At the Center for Law and AI, we examine how legal frameworks—domestic and international—can be designed to govern AI systems responsibly. Our work explores regulatory design, institutional capacity, democratic accountability, and the evolving role of law in shaping the development and deployment of AI technologies.
A list of other affiliated faculty members, led by Center Director Jed Stiglitz, can be found here.
