ChatGPT and the future of legal education and practice

Ajevski, Marjan; Barker, Kim; Gilbert, Andrew; Hardie, Liz; Ryan, Francine

doi:10.1080/03069400.2023.2207426

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“…Similar efforts have been made in mental health care, as well, exploring the opportunities and challenges ChatGPT may bring to psychological counseling and other aspects of mental health [12]. The legal community has also been actively probing into the appropriate and ethical integration of ChatGPT and other AI-powered tools into the teaching and practice of law [13,14]. However, the legal profession has been more cautious, and AI integration has been highly controversial and, thus, is far from being widely accepted in the legal field [15,16].…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The current study, by contrast, aims to expand its focus and approach generative AI integration from a different perspective, centered around the following question: how effective, if at all, would generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, be in addressing these student-service-related concerns? The current exploratory study aims to focus on the application of ChatGPT in the context of academic advising, following the published exploratory research in other professional fields described earlier [10,12,13].…”

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ChatGPT as an Academic Advisor: Its Current State and Future Potential Toward Student Empowerment

Akiba¹,

Fraboni²

2023

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ChatGPT, a freely-accessible AI language model designed to generate human-like text responses to users, has been utilized in several areas, such as healthcare industry, to facilitate interactive dissemination of information. Academic advising has been an important factor in promoting success among university students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Unfortunately, however, student advising has been marred with problems, with the availability and accessibility of advisors being among the hurdles. The current study explores how ChatGPT might serve to make academic advising more accessible, efficient, and even effective. Researchers compiled a list of questions frequently asked by current and prospective students in a teacher education Bachelor’s degree program in the United States. Then, the questions were typed into the free version of ChatGPT and the answers generated were evaluated for their content and delivery. ChatGPT generated surprisingly high-quality answers, written in an authoritative yet supportive tone, and it was particularly adept at addressing general career-related questions comprehensively, such as career outlook. We argue that ChatGPT may complement, but not replace, human academic advisors and it may very well promote educational equity through empowering students from a wide range of backgrounds with the means to access effective advising.

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ChatGPT as an Academic Advisor: Its Current State and Future Potential Toward Student Empowerment

Akiba¹,

Fraboni²

2023

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“…With its ability to provide specific answers to user questions, it can be used to complete written assignments and examinations on behalf of students, leading to concerns about AI-assisted cheating. BBC News (2023, as cited in (Ajevski et al, 2023) also noted that students could use ChatGPT in several different ways, from submitting assessment questions to it and copying and pasting the results into their assignments, to drafting the assignment themselves and asking ChatGPT to improve its written style, spelling and grammar.…”

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A Systematic Review of the Impact of ChatGPT on Higher Education

You

2024

International Journal of Technology-Enhanced Education

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ChatGPT is shaking up the higher education world by generating informative content that mimics human writing. However, its integration into university settings raises concerns about academic integrity and potential information security risks. The aim of this study is to systematically review the impact of using ChatGPT in university settings and its implications for higher education. This study employed a systematic review method to assess the evidence in the literature. Thirty-nine articles were analyzed according to PRISMA principles. The findings suggest that ChatGPT has the potential to personalize learning and improve writing performance. However, there are still potential issues, such as undermining academic integrity and breaching personal information. Therefore, urgent action is needed to address these issues and optimize the use of ChatGPT in higher education. Future research could further discuss how to fully utilize ChatGPT in academia while carefully considering ethical issues.

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“…There is a separate discussion outside of this article around the implications of ChatGPT in education, but all universities are aware that many of their students are using these technologies in their studies (Ajevski et al 2023). Most users of ChatGPT are aged between 18 to 34 6 and increasingly law clinics may find their students using, or wanting to use, Gen AI.…”

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“…There can be no doubt that understanding the opportunities, limitations and risks posed by Gen AI is a 'real world' problem that students will face if they move into legal practice (Ajevski et al 2023). It is recognised that engagement in clinical legal education supports the development of graduate employability skills (Cantatore et al 2021).…”

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ChatGPT, I have a Legal Question? The Impact of Generative AI Tools on Law Clinics and Access to Justice

Ryan,

Hardie

2024

IJCLE

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The launch of ChatGPT in November 2023 will perhaps be come to be one of the defining moments in our relationship with technology. The rapid pace in which generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is developing and the rate in which it is being adopted, is transforming how we interact with technology, and poses new risks and challenges. As GAI tools such as ChatGPT are used by non-lawyers, this article explores the implications of generative AI in the provision of legal advice. This research examines the performance of GAI tools in providing legal information and advice in response to commonly experienced legal problems and finds there are significant errors and mistakes with the responses it produces. There is a critical need to improve access to justice and this article explores the implications for non-lawyers in using GAI tools and considers the risks of reliance on GAI advice. The article goes on to examine the utility of generative AI in clinical legal education to consider whether there is a role for responsible use of GAI in law clinics. It suggests the adoption of GAI tools has the potential to increase the capacity of law clinics, and enhance employability skills, but law schools need to be cognisant of the risks of GAI.

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ChatGPT and the future of legal education and practice

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ChatGPT as an Academic Advisor: Its Current State and Future Potential Toward Student Empowerment

ChatGPT as an Academic Advisor: Its Current State and Future Potential Toward Student Empowerment

A Systematic Review of the Impact of ChatGPT on Higher Education

ChatGPT, I have a Legal Question? The Impact of Generative AI Tools on Law Clinics and Access to Justice

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