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Curiosity, Confidence and Caution: Amy Salyzyn on AI, Legal Ethics and Legal Education

Future Ready Lawyer: AI and the Evolution of Legal Practice by Armin Alimardani, Mark Bennett, Alexandra Vost

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Generative AI is already reshaping legal practice, not only through new tools, but through fake cases, misstated authorities, longer AI-generated submissions, and new pressures on courts, tribunals, regulators, lawyers, and law schools. In this episode, Armin Alimardani and Mark Bennett speak with Associate Professor Amy Salyzyn from the University of Ottawa about how AI is appearing in Canadian legal practice and litigation, what courts and regulators are doing in response, and why cost consequences, personal costs orders, discipline, and professional responsibility are now part of the AI conversation. The discussion also turns to legal education: how to teach AI in law school and professional responsibility courses, why students still need to “do the reps” of reading cases, writing, and legal analysis, and how to avoid cognitive deskilling or “ ... 

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Artificial intelligenceLegal Profession