Reuters, California Could be First State to Make Law Schools Teach AI:

California-accredited law schools could soon be required to train students on artificial intelligence technology and how to use AI tools responsibly.

The State Bar of California’s Committee of ​Bar Examiners on Friday discussed adding “the competent use, capabilities, and limitations of technology ‌and artificial intelligence” to the six credits of practice-based competency training juris doctor students at state-accredited and unaccredited law schools must complete.

That change, which the committee could formally pursue as early as next month, would ​apply to California’s 25 state-accredited and unaccredited law schools, but not to 17 law ​schools currently accredited by the American Bar Association in the state. California ⁠allows graduates of all three types of law schools to sit for its bar.

ABA Journal, California Considers Mandatory AI Training for Law Students:

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

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