From The National Law Review a piece by Katherine Hughes (Fordham Law School) on clinical education and AI, and how clinics can help prepare “the next generation of lawyers more fully to practice and to understand the world they are practicing in.” From the article:

In a field undergoing rapid technological transformation, how can law schools address the ever-widening gap between “thinking like a lawyer” and actually being ready to practice? Clinical education is one of the few places where students are already asked to make that leap through representing real clients, making judgment calls, and owning the consequences of their work.

But the profession is changing. . . . Recent graduates will be expected to add value from the start of their careers, even as the old apprenticeship model is disappearing. Law school clinics are one of the clearest models for teaching those skills. 

Katherine Hughes, Ready On Day One: Clinical Education’s AI Moment, The National Law Review, June 29, 2026.