Description:
USC Gould School of Law is seeking an adjunct lecturer to develop curriculum and teach a new undergraduate law class, LAW 306: Issues in the Use of AI in Law and Regulation. The instructor will begin work this summer 2025 to develop the course.The instructor will then teach the course during the fall 2025 semester, from August 25 to December 5, 2025 (final exam period from Wed-Wed, Dec 10-17). The class is scheduled to be held on campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00PM to 1:50PM.
Candidates must have a JD and strong legal professional backgrounds in the relevant subject matter, preferably with teaching experience. The course will be taught exclusively to enrolled undergraduate students.
LAW 306: Issues in the Use of AI in Law and Regulation (4 units)
Issues in the Use of AI in Law and Regulation focuses on the growing role artificial intelligence plays in a variety of aspects of the law - from contracts to research. Students will become aware of how the expanding use of artificial intelligence has impacted the legal industry already and how it will continue to play a larger role in the law. This course provides students from all different disciplines, especially non-STEM fields, with an introduction into the growing presence of artificial intelligence and the law. The instructor is welcome to invite guest speakers to discuss relevant topics.
This course provides students with an introduction on how artificial intelligence has impacted and will continue to impact the law along with the legal industry. Students will, upon successful completion of this course, be able to explain the role artificial intelligence plays in contract law, litigation, legislation, legal research, and document management and utilize artificial intelligence tools in legal research effectively.
