AI, SOCIETY, AND THE FUTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION
Dr. Rajesh Anant Sakhare, Principal, Agnel School of Law, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, University of Mumbai (India)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most revolutionary technological developments of the twenty-first century. It has transformed governance, commerce, healthcare, education, and legal systems across the world. The legal profession and legal education are experiencing rapid transformation due to advancements in machine learning, legal analytics, automation, online dispute resolution, and digital governance systems. This research paper critically examines the relationship between AI, society, and the future of legal education. It analyzes the growing role of AI in legal research, judicial administration, legal practice, and legal pedagogy. The paper further explores how AI-driven technologies improve access to justice, efficiency in legal services, personalized legal education, and digital legal learning. Simultaneously, it highlights significant concerns relating to privacy, surveillance, algorithmic bias, accountability, transparency, and ethical governance. The study adopts a doctrinal and analytical approach to examine emerging legal, ethical, and educational challenges. The study argues that traditional legal education models based solely on doctrinal teaching and classroom lectures are inadequate in preparing future legal professionals for a technology-driven legal environment. Therefore, law schools and universities must adopt interdisciplinary and skill-oriented curricula integrating law, technology, cyber law, AI ethics, data protection, and digital governance. The paper also discusses challenges faced by Indian legal education institutions, including inadequate infrastructure, lack of faculty training, and digital inequality. It concludes that although AI cannot replace human judgment, constitutional morality, and ethical reasoning, it can significantly strengthen legal systems and legal education when integrated responsibly and ethically. The future of legal education depends on balancing technological innovation with justice, democracy, equality, and human rights.
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| Research Paper | LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research (LIJDLR), Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 429–447. |
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