Updated on SSRN with new textual analysis about how AI revision changes student work product. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Daniel Schwarcz@danielschwarcz.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m delighted to share that the Northwestern University Law Review will publish Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning, co-authored with @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, Allan Erbsen, and David Cleveland. 1/4

I’m delighted to share that the Northwestern University Law Review will publish Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning, co-authored with @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, Allan Erbsen, and David Cleveland. 1/4

1/ I’m pleased to share an updated draft of my article, “Collective Coverage: How Group Homeowners Insurance Could Promote Climate Adaptation and Resilience,” forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This is a very well thought out and smart post by @matthewsag.bsky.social on law school assessment. I’m not sure I agree with all of it, but I agree with most of it and all of it is worth seriously considering.

Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 3w ago

Over at his personal blog, Emory Law Professor @matthewsag.bsky.social offers some very interesting thoughts on structuring law school exams in an era of AI and common extra-time accommodations. matthewsag.com/ai-accommoda...

Delighted to see Omri Ben-Shahar’s generous JOTWELL review of my new article, Collective Coverage: How Group Homeowners Insurance Could Promote Climate Adaptation and Resilience, forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review. contracts.jotwell.com/how-to-contr...

Tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1:00 p.m. ET, I’ll join Insurance for Good to discuss how insurance law and regulation can expand access to disaster coverage while strengthening insurers’ role in climate adaptation and resilience. You can register for free: www.insuranceforgood.org/events/resea...

Research for Practice: Improving Disaster Insurance Access and Experience — Insurance for Good

In our third Research for Practice webinar on Tuesday, July 14, Professor Daniel Schwarcz will present his recent research on the legal and regulatory constraints that limit insurers' capacity to adva...

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🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 In “Distributing Risk in an Age of AI,” I draw on procedural justice literature to argue that AI claims handling creates a new bad-faith risk: coverage denials without meaningful human review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 My new draft w/ Jerry Skees proposes two new parametric insurance structures designed to overcome regulatory barriers that have slowed these products’ growth, while preserving their speed & promoting climate adaptation & resilience. Download here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This is a good thoughtful discussion of the paper that I've commented on elsewhere. I think I would characterize the concerns about the use of AI in legal contexts a bit differently than @danielschwarcz.bsky.social does but, as I've also said, this definitely provies interesting data.

Brian L. Frye@brianlfrye.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I just posted Ipse Dixit #831, featuring @danielschwarcz.bsky.social discussing his draft article "Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning," co-authored with @nicholasbednar.bsky.social David Cleveland & Allan Erbsen. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...

Check out this new article in the National Law Review highlighting our new empirical evidence showing that AI use can augment, rather than undermine, human legal reasoning! natlawreview.com/article/does...

Does AI Make Lawyers Worse at Thinking? New Research Offers a More Complicated Answer

Since the public release of ChatGPT in 2022, a growing body of empirical research has suggested that generative AI systems could fundamentally reshape the practice of law. Yet many actors across the l...

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Looking for a 30 minute podcast and interested in empirical evidence on the risks and benefits of AI for the legal profession? Then check out my discussion with @brianlfrye.bsky.social here! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...

Daniel Schwarcz on AI and Human Legal Reasoning | Ipse Dixit

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I just posted Ipse Dixit #831, featuring @danielschwarcz.bsky.social discussing his draft article "Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning," co-authored with @nicholasbednar.bsky.social David Cleveland & Allan Erbsen. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...

Daniel Schwarcz on AI and Human Legal Reasoning | Ipse Dixit

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It's a really good article. I already referenced it in an interview about changes in legal practice last week! @danielschwarcz.bsky.social and his co-authors did some amazing work here.

this look extremely interesting! to the top of the reading pile

Daniel Schwarcz@danielschwarcz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Glad to see that @brianleiter.bsky.social highlighted our article on AI and human legal reasoning: leiterreports.com/2026/04/13/d... For those interested, the full paper is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Glad to see that @brianleiter.bsky.social highlighted our article on AI and human legal reasoning: leiterreports.com/2026/04/13/d... For those interested, the full paper is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?

Law professors at the University of Minnesota investigated, and came up with a somewhat more optimistic answer than a lot of research–although careful structuring of how and when it’s used is…

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Excited to share that our new article, “AI-Powered Lawyering: AI Reasoning Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and the Future of Legal Practice,” is now published in the Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dan et al. addressed a good number of my comments about a draft of this and I continue to think, as I told them initially, that the paper "asks a really great question and provides some really interesting data." (1/)

Daniel Schwarcz@danielschwarcz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My new co-authored paper offers 3 evidence-based tips for lawyer AI use: 1. Use AI only when you can assess, explain, & build on output 2. Limit AI use to narrow, well-defined parts of project 3. Limit AI use under tight deadlines or cognitive fatigue. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I need to read this more deeply but some interesting insights on how AI use affects the ol' noggin and how to plan ways to incorporate AI more safely, for lack of a better description.

Daniel Schwarcz@danielschwarcz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My new co-authored paper offers 3 evidence-based tips for lawyer AI use: 1. Use AI only when you can assess, explain, & build on output 2. Limit AI use to narrow, well-defined parts of project 3. Limit AI use under tight deadlines or cognitive fatigue. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Profs @nicholasbednar.bsky.social ’16, David R. Cleveland, Allan Erbsen, and @danielschwarcz.bsky.social have co-authored an article that examines recent research findings on AI and legal reasoning. “Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning” is available on @ssrn.bsky.social z.umn.edu/b7zk

There are many tasks where lawyers can use AI & assess, explain, & build on output. Examples: Ask AI to improve a paragraph, locate provision in a document, suggest additional contract language, flag ambiguities, simplify a document, summarize familiar area of law, or adapt a well known template.

Max Slinger@promptslinger.bsky.social · 4mo ago

tip 1 alone would eliminate like 80% of current lawyer AI use if anyone actually followed it

My new co-authored paper offers 3 evidence-based tips for lawyer AI use: 1. Use AI only when you can assess, explain, & build on output 2. Limit AI use to narrow, well-defined parts of project 3. Limit AI use under tight deadlines or cognitive fatigue. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The abstract for this article might challenge a lot of people's opinions about the effects of using AI

Daniel Schwarcz@danielschwarcz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 Perhaps the most pressing question facing the legal community is how AI affects human legal reasoning. Our new co-authored draft provides the first empirical evidence directly addressing that question. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 Perhaps the most pressing question facing the legal community is how AI affects human legal reasoning. Our new co-authored draft provides the first empirical evidence directly addressing that question. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Excited that Grading Machines: Can AI Exam-Grading Replace Law Professors?, is forthcoming in Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... We find that AI can closely replicate law professor exam grading, a finding that has big implications for legal education.

I’m delighted that Wash. U. L. Rev. will be publishing Collective Coverage: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... The piece argues that allowing insurers to offer group property insurance to local communities could promote insurer-community partnerships to advance climate adaptation & resilience.

Enjoyed the opportunity to chat about how AI is impacting legal education and the legal profession more broadly on the ABA's Legal Rebel's Podcast. legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/aba...

Generative AI is now capable of grading law school exams; what's next? - Legal Talk Network

Let’s talk about every lawyer’s favorite subject: exams. It seems like every day, there’s another threshold that generative artificial intelligence Discover insightful episodes on Legal Talk Network's...

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Excited that Fordham Law Review will publish my new paper w/ Josephine Wolff: “The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability & Insurance.” Drawing on 20 years of cyber risk, we argue insurers are unlikely to meaningfully drive AI safety. Draft here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

As Trump pulls the federal government out of climate action, states & localities must step up. My new draft proposes a simple, politically viable, & costless reform: modernize state insurance laws to allow insures to provide group coverage to localities. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Things have not improved. The government won't comply with court orders. Agents are behaving more aggressively. Schools are offering remote learning into April. The tapering of national media coverage has emboldened DHS. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0... www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Minneapolis schools extend virtual learning option into April amid ICE surge

The school district offered the option to children to learn from home due to safety concerns related to the federal immigration crackdown. It was set to expire Feb. 12.

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Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 6mo ago

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

As one of many submitting an AI focused law review article, I’m biased…But editors’ reluctance to accept too many articles on one topic shouldn’t apply to AI, which is going to fundamentally challenge innumerable areas of law, meaning now is the time we should be studying this.