Bloomberg Law has some news that will interest those interested in AI:

“The University of Texas School of Law’s dean is calling for a new approach with generative artificial intelligence policies to counter the risk that the technology will erode the learning of essential skills.

Faculty should emphasize Socratic-style questioning in teaching, Dean Robert Bobby' Chesney said in a . . . memo to staff. They should view classroom time as `the sole context in which a professor can be certain’ a student is learning without AI.

Professors should emphasize to students the value of doing the hard work in the first instance themselves,' Chesney said, though also ensure they learn AI skills. The lawyers most likely to flourish in the years ahead are those who both are adept at making wise use of AI capabilities and possess the same expert judgment and perspective that have always been the hallmarks of the best lawyers,’ he said.

The memo comes as law schools across the US are grappling with how to teach students about ethics rules and legal writing as the future lawyers gain access to rapidly evolving AI tools.”

Here are the words of a fan of Dean Chesney’s memo, stating that the “eight-page memo titled `AI and Legal Education’ . . . . is the most thorough, serious, and clear-eyed document a law school has produced on the subject; the rest of the legal academy should read it.”