About the Symposium

This event will bring together academics, legal professionals, students, and industry stakeholders to examine how AI is reshaping law degrees, particularly in areas such as curriculum design, assessment, teaching methods, and graduate employability.

As AI becomes increasingly embedded in both education and legal practice, there is a growing need to equip students with the skills to use it confidently, ethically, and effectively. Recent data from the Digital Education Council reveals that while 86% of students use AI tools in their studies, nearly 60% feel underprepared for an AI-enabled workplace. At the same time, research by the European Legal Tech Association (ELTA) highlights a significant rise in the use of generative AI within the legal profession. Employers are now seeking law graduates who not only understand how to use AI, but who can critically evaluate its role, uphold ethical standards, and balance automation with essential human judgment and skills.

This symposium aims to support Law Schools in rethinking how they integrate legal tech and AI literacy into their degree programmes, ensuring that all students, regardless of background, are equipped not only for academic success but also for professional excellence in a fast-changing legal landscape.

We are delighted that Professor Lisa Webley (University of Birmingham), Professor Dan Hunter (King’s College London), and Professor Luke Mason (University of Westminster) will be delivering keynote addresses.

The symposium is generously funded by a grant from the Association of Law Teachers and The Law Teacher, and co-sponsored by Westminster Law School.

Suggested Themes

We welcome proposals that explore any aspect of generative AI and legal education. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Generative AI and curriculum design
• Using generative AI in assessment design
• The evolving role of generative AI in the legal profession
• Supporting students to use generative AI appropriately and effectively
• AI and employability: preparing students for an AI-enabled workplace
• Student confidence, digital literacy, and wellbeing in the age of AI
• Balancing AI tools with human skills in legal education and training
• Limitations and ethical implications of AI in legal education and practice  
• The role of AI in clinical legal education
• The impact of AI on core legal knowledge

Submission Guidelines

We welcome contributions from academics, legal practitioners, education specialists, and particularly encourage PhD students and early career academics to submit abstracts (max. 250 words).

We are pleased to offer reimbursement for travel and accommodation costs, and we particularly encourage PhD students and early career academics to take advantage of this opportunity. Please indicate in your abstract submission whether you would like to be considered for reimbursement.

To submit an abstract please complete this online submission form mentioned at the end of this post.

The deadline to submit an abstract is Monday, July 21st, 2025. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their submission by Friday, July 25th, 2025.

Papers accepted and presented at the symposium may be considered for a special issue of the Law Teacher or an edited collection.

Contact

For questions about the call for papers or further information, please contact Dr Marloes Spreeuw at [email protected].

Click here to submit the abstract.