From the Columbia Daily Spectator: The [Columbia] Law School introduced a largely permissive policy on generative artificial intelligence this month that allows students to use AI as a “learning aid” but continues to bar its use to generate submitted content. The policy went into effect Aug. 1, replacing the school’s interim AI policy, which was put in place last year and prohibited any use of AI in drafting coursework, even when disclosed. The new policy broadly permits AI usage for a variety of reasons including studying legal concepts, generating hypotheticals, summarizing cases, and identifying potentially relevant authorities. The Law School’s faculty-led generative AI task force, established by Dean Daniel Abebe in fall 2025 to advise the school on adapting to the technology, recommended the policy.
...To support the shift, the school will also implement AI-related introduction courses, courses and seminars specializing in AI, and AI training during new student orientation... Despite expanded usage, the policy still ultimately bars students from submitting AI-generated content as their own, noting that they must “bear full intellectual responsibility” for their arguments and academic submissions. Students must also disclose any AI usage in their work and may not use AI in exams.
...Whereas the Law School frames itself as having an “affirmative obligation” to teach students how to productively use AI tools, other law schools have stepped away from AI usage altogether. The University of California, Berkeley School of Law introduced a policy in May banning students from using AI for class assignments and exams, and the University of Chicago Law School took it a step further by announcing in July a total ban on laptops, tablets, and phones in the classroom for first-year law students...
Full story at https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/08/15/law-school-introduces-largely-permissive-ai-policy/.
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