{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66667b98b6f3d900124fe6a1/6a02a7fa6304701dd8790188?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Can AI Make Lawyers Better? Daniel Schwarcz on AI and Human Legal Reasoning","description":"<p>Can AI help lawyers learn—or does it weaken the skills legal training is meant to build?</p><p>In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack are joined by Daniel Schwarcz, Fredrikson &amp; Byron Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, to discuss new empirical research on artificial intelligence and human legal reasoning. Daniel explains a randomized control trial studying how law students used AI to synthesize legal materials, apply legal rules, and revise legal analysis—and why some results surprised even the researchers.</p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>Why legal training may prepare lawyers to use AI well</li><li>What the University of Minnesota study tested about AI and legal reasoning</li><li>Why AI-assisted students performed better than expected</li><li>The risks of using AI for revision under time pressure</li><li>What law schools and law firms should take away from the research</li></ul>","author_name":"Practising Law Institute"}