25 September 2024

With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), we find ourselves in the midst of major changes – and that also applies to the teaching and education we provide at Leiden Law School. On Thursday 24 October 2024, the faculty’s Learning and Teaching Community (LTC) is holding a symposium in collaboration with LLiNC, which specifically addresses the influence of AI on legal education. The symposium offers both teaching and non-academic staff the unique opportunity to delve into the role of AI both now and in the future within legal degree programmes.

How does AI affect legal education?
During the symposium, we’ll explore AI from a variety of perspectives. The technical aspects of AI (How does it work, exactly? Which options does it currently offer?) will be highlighted. There will also be a focus on education-related questions: How can we effectively utilise AI in education without losing human interaction and essential legal skills? There will be room to address the legal side of AI (How does AI actually force us to reflect on the essence of the legal profession and the skills we want to teach?). The interactive plenary discussion will allows us to explore this in more detail.

Programme
The Symposium Chair, Tycho de Graaf, will open the programme and moderate the plenary discussion. Student Ingeborg Breel will give her views on the use of AI in education from the student’s perspective. This will be followed by a lecture by Alexander de Wit and Femke Klaver who recently had their say about students' use of ChatGPT in Dutch newspaper Trouw. Manuel Galdames from LLiNC will then give an update on the findings of the university's AI in Education working group. Before the plenary session, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in one of three workshops. The full programme is provided below.

The LTC invites all teaching and non-academic staff involved in education, as well as anybody else who’s interested, to attend this symposium. Click the button below to sign up (form in Dutch).

Programme

Time	Item	Speaker	Room
13.00-13.15	Doors open		A1.44
13.15-14.15	Opening	Symposium Chair: Tycho de Graaf	A1.44
	Using AI from the student’s perspective (in Dutch)	Ingeborg Breel Student of Law (3rd year) + Criminology (2nd year) + Criminology at Honours College Law
	Lecture: Complaints from universities about student use of ChatGPT are crocodile tears (in Dutch)	Alexander de Wit and Femke Klaver
	Update: status of university-wide working group on the use of AI in education	Manuel Galdames
14.15-15.15	Breakout sessions: choice of three workshops
	How does AI fit into your teaching? (in Dutch) This workshop covers the key steps involved in designing effective learning experiences: analysing your target audience and learning objectives and adjusting your assignment with or without the use of AI. During the workshop, we will discuss the advantages, challenges and any tips for integrating AI in your teaching.	Pien Leeuwenburgh (LLInC)	B0.14
	The technical and legal aspects of generative AI (in English) Knowing more about the technical and legal perspectives of generative AI helps lecturers better prepare to use it. Questions discussed during this workshop include: How does generative AI function? How can you protect students? How can you safely use AI in education?	Erwin Veenstra and Marco Correa Perez (LLInC)	B0.16
	Hands-on with ChatGPT &Co (in Dutch) Using a series of examples, Jeroen will show how you can use these tools. How good are the results and what are the limitations? Topics covered during this workshop include having an essay written on a legal-philosophical topic, rewriting instructions to improve clarity and solving a legal case. Please bring your own laptop if possible.	Jeroen Leijen (ICT-O)	B0.17
15.15 – 16.00	Plenary discussion Using statements and propositions	Symposium Chair: Tycho de Graaf	A1.44
16.00-17.00	Drinks reception		Restaurant