Berkeley Law Adds Course on Using AI in Litigation Without Surrendering Judgment
Berkeley Law is adding “Litigating With AI,” a summer course in its LL.M. Executive Track developed by professor Sean Farhang. The Daily Californian and the law school described a class focused on both the uses and risks of AI in civil and criminal cases.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco. Photo: Marincyclist / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Berkeley Law is adding “Litigating With AI,” a summer course in its LL.M. Executive Track developed by professor Sean Farhang. The Daily Californian and the law school described a class focused on both the uses and risks of AI in civil and criminal cases.
Topics include protecting confidential information, checking AI-generated material, authenticating digital evidence, reviewing large document collections and evaluating predictions about case outcomes and settlement values.
The course also examines lawyers’ responsibility for errors, due process when courts use AI, and whether these tools narrow or widen gaps in access to justice. It is part of the school’s Certificate of Specialization in AI Law and Regulation.
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