Brad Wendel, Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law (Cornell Law School), Should Law Schools Teach Responsible Use of AI? (August 2, 2026).

Wendel begins his substack with one word, “No.”

I will mostly leave it to you to enjoy Wendel’s very readable prose, but I will excerpt one quote to give you a flavor:

I could stop there and write my shortest-ever Substack, but I probably should say a little more.

To clarify, I’m not in favor of teaching the irresponsible use of AI, or teaching students to employ it without regard to safeguards and best practices to ensure lawyers’ compliance with their duties to clients and tribunals. But I think it is at best a misallocation of time and resources, and at worst a disservice to students, for law schools to attempt to train students on the use of AI tools as part of becoming a “practice ready” lawyer.