The Future of Legal Education in India in the Era of AI.

Abstract

The year 2022 was significant, not only because the world started returning to normal after the pandemic, but also because of the launch of Open AI. With AI becoming a part of our lives and deep learning helping us become more pro-efficient day by-day, concerns about the diminishing difference between what is human creation and AI creation is growing. The legal profession and education are also facing the same concern. Academic integrity is central to any educational institution and AI seems to threaten the same. In the face of such a challenge, it is imperative to ponder over the present and the future of legal education in the era of AI. This paper tries to do the same by adopting an empirical approach to gauge the manner and degree of AI use in assessments by students. Thereafter, the paper looks at various developments in the Indian as well as the international legal industry to highlight that integrating AI into the current system and practices is the need of the hour. Lastly, the paper offers some suggestions on how Indian law schools can navigate through the era of AI.