Reuters, Use of ChatGPT Prohibited on Michigan Law School Applications:

The admissions department at the University of Michigan Law School is looking for personal statements and application essays that reflect the traits and writing ability of aspiring attorneys.

But those essays better not have been written by ChatGPT.

Michigan Law has explicitly banned the use of the popular online chatbot and other forms of artificial intelligence tools on applications and now requires applicants to certify that they haven’t used those tools in the drafting process—an apparent first among law schools.

ABA Journal, T14 Law School Bans ChatGPT on Application Essays:

The law school may be the first to adopt such a policy, but it won’t be the last, said law school admissions consultant Mike Spivey in an interview with Reuters. He predicts that half of the law schools will adopt some kind of artificial intelligence policy for applications this year, and nearly all will have such policies next year.