Fall 2024

5397 Large Language Models for Lawyers - CHANDLER- 25847

Professor(s): Seth Chandler (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Law And Society/ Interdisciplinary
Intellectual Property and Information Law

Time: 2:30p-4:00p TTH Location: 312

Course Outline: Introducing an exciting new course on how large language models are transforming the legal field. This hands-on course will provide students with practical experience using AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance legal research, drafting, and litigation skills. Through workshops and simulations, students will learn how to leverage these powerful models to work more efficiently and creatively both in law school and legal practice. The course covers the leading AI applications in legal tech, discusses ethical considerations, and teaches the basic math and programming concepts behind neural networks. The course culminates in final projects where students demonstrate mastery of legal AI. With expert guest lecturers and a focus on real-world applications, this course will equip students to be at the forefront of the AI revolution in law.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
Quota=45

Prerequisites:

First Day Assignments:

Final Exam Schedule: 12/10/20241-4pm 312

This course will have:
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Paper:

Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

Experiential Course Type: No

Bar Course: No

DistanceEd ABA: No

Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Instructor Preference)

Course Materials

No book required for this course