Overview
- The policy bars students from using generative AI to conceptualize, outline, draft, revise, translate, edit, or upload course materials for any work for credit and treats citations to nonexistent authorities as evidence of likely misuse.
- Students may use AI only in a narrow research role to identify sources and remain responsible for verifying them, and any authorized classroom use must be granted in writing by the instructor with required student disclosure.
- Faculty authors, led by Professor Chris Hoofnagle, said the school concluded its 2023 rules were too permissive after models advanced and after reported rises in dubious AI‑linked submissions, prompting some take‑home exams to shift to proctored, in‑person formats.
- Critics argue the blanket ban removes the classroom as a supervised setting to learn how to spot AI hallucinations and to develop the judgment lawyers need to safely supervise AI in practice, a skill law firms increasingly expect.
- The move follows a wider trend of U.S. colleges tightening assessment rules and poses enforcement challenges because legal databases and search engines increasingly surface AI‑generated summaries that blur the line between human and machine work.