As generative AI (GenAI) transforms legal education and practice, we’ve curated resources on its applications in law school, higher education, and legal practice. Given the dynamic nature of GenAI development and use, these resources will be regularly updated. Note – we are working on a comprehensive update to this guide that will be released in August.
Other Berkeley Law GenAI resources and information:
- Berkeley Law Generative AI Policy
- Berkeley AI Hub – Licensed Generative AI Tools
- Generative AI Guide for Law Students [update coming in August]
- We’re collecting a broader group of resources in a Zotero group library; to access the attachments (the online library includes only metadata), please email kchamorro@berkeley.edu.
Top GenAI News/New Resources
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Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models. The New York Times, 6/02/2026
- Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical, The New York Times, 5/25/2026
- Expert’s AI “Prompts” Discoverable In Shell Enviro Suit, Law360, 5/18/2026
- Zotero folder – GenAI News
Generative AI in Law School
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AI Outperforms Law Professors in Stanford Law Study. Stanford Law School. June 1, 2026. Accessed June 3, 2026.
- Nicholas Bednar et al., Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning, Apr. 5, 2026, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper, 2026-21,
- The Expert Paradox of Using AI & the Importance of the Productive Struggle, RIPS Law Librarian Blog, 2/3/25
- Zotero folder – GenAI in Law School (including subfolders)
Generative AI in Legal Practice
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Judge Punishes 4 Lawyers After Catching Both Sides Using A.I. in Lawsuit, The New York Times, 6/11/26
- Kirkland & Ellis to Spend $500mn Building Its Own AI Technology, Financial Times, 5/28/2026.
- Standing Orders, Local Rules, and Decisions on the Use of AI, Ropes & Gray
- Zotero folder – GenAI in Legal Practice (including subfolders)
GenAI & Legal Ethics
- State Bar of California Proposes First AI-Specific Changes to Ethics Rules, ABA Journal, 5/15/2026.
- Zotero folder – Legal Ethics
Access to Justice
- Colleen V. Chien & Miriam Kim, Generative AI and Legal Aid: Results from a Field Study and 100 Use Cases to Bridge the Access to Justice Gap, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2025)
- Colleen V. Chien & Miriam Kim, How LLMs Can Help Address the Access to Justice Gap Through the Courts, 1/12/24
- AI Legal Research Startup Descrybe Launches “Legal Reasoning” Tool; Says It Outperforms ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini on Bar Exam Benchmark.LawSites. March 5, 2026. Accessed March 12, 2026.
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Zotero folder – GenAI & Access to Justice
Generative AI in Higher Education
- Trusting AI to Detect AI? A Systematic Evaluation of the Reliability and Robustness of Current AIGC Detection Tools for Student Academic Work, 249 Computers & Education 105616 (2026).
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Chirikov I, Smirnov I, Kizilcec RF, Generative AI use and misuse call for assessment reform in higher education. Science. 2026
- California’s Public Universities Went All in on A.I. Now They’re Tearing Themselves Apart. The New York Times. June 1, 2026
- One University Believes It’s Got a Fix. The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 23, 2026.
- Zotero folder – GenAI in Higher Education
Legal Research platforms
Other Resources
Newsletters/Blogs
- One Useful Thing, Ethan Mollick (“a research-based view on the implications of AI”)
- LawSites, Bob Ambrogi (while not focused on just AI, Ambrogi is a leading voice in legal tech)
- Brainyacts Generative AI Newsletter, Josh Kubicki (daily blog on AI in law school and legal practice, with examples and news highlights)
- AI Law Librarians (“All Things AI Law Librarian-ish, Generative AI, and Legal Research/Education/Technology”)
- AI as Normal Technology – Princeton computer scientists Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor (authors of the book AI Snake Oil) offer commentary on separating real AI progress from hype, from their perspective that AI is best understood as a “normal technology”: powerful and consequential, but adopted gradually and governable through familiar policy tools, rather than an imminent, world-ending superintelligence. Their writing was recognized on the inaugural TIME 100 AI list.
- AI Daily Brief
- Legal Tech Trends, Peter Duffy, “Get smarter about legal tech and AI”
- Artificial Lawyer, “Legal Tech & AI News and Views”
- LawDroid Manifesto, Tom Martin, lawyer and legal technologist who founded LawDroid shares insights on AI in the legal field.
Podcasts
- Hard Fork, NYT (Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the rapidly changing world of tech)
- Legaltech Week (Weekly round-up of legal tech news hosted by journalist and lawyer Bob Ambrogi)
- 3 Geeks and a Law Blog podcast (focuses on law practice technology and recent legal tech developments)