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" class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:636px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/2cc9922d-8a72-4424-be78-094fbfff52e6/Newsletter_Image__77_.png?t=1784493899" alt="" height="auto" width="636" style="display:block;width:100%;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;border-color:#E5E7EB;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Starting this fall, the University of Chicago Law School will ban laptops, tablets, and phones from all required first-year courses. The move is part of a broader strategy to curb AI dependence, specifically during foundational learning. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>The details:</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:12px !important;margin-top:12px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> The school’s <a class="link" href="https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/ai-strategy-statement?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=uchicago-bans-laptops-v2&_bhlid=aa8d2e8b33905e227e5288bdc3ab7ac2cd8a0420" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>full AI strategy</span></a> is not a blanket ban. AI will be woven into some classes and kept out of others. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> UChicago calls it an "AI-resilient" pedagogy that rewards "effortful struggle" over shortcuts. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Device restrictions will apply across nine required 1L courses. Exams for these classes will also be held in person without internet access. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Upper-year students can take dedicated AI electives but will also be required to defend their research papers orally, in person. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> This balanced approach contrasts with UC Berkeley Law, which recently <a class="link" href="https://www.semafor.com/article/05/27/2026/uc-berkley-bans-ai-use-for-law-students?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=uchicago-bans-laptops-v2&_bhlid=5abf9839b0c8a96c279294720aa06e1bcdc48e00" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>barred AI</span></a> from all graded work, even for brainstorming and grammar fixes. </p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>Why it matters: </b>It's easy to read this as another "AI backlash" story, but it’s not. UChicago is actually <i>expanding</i> AI education while restricting the use of technology in foundational courses. Its position is that law students must learn to think without AI before they go on to supervise it later. In my view, it’s a more practical approach than UC Berkeley's strict ban, which has drawn <a class="link" href="https://www.lawnext.com/2026/05/in-banning-ai-is-berkeley-law-shortchanging-its-students-and-endangering-their-future-clients.html?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=uchicago-bans-laptops-v2&_bhlid=c98732a3f6489aa107978d7a720a092c8cae19e8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>sharp criticism</span></a>. 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style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#C0C0C0;border-style:solid;border-width:0.75px;padding:12.0px 12.0px 12.0px 12.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="color:#fc1919;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;font-weight:700;"><b>DATA</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#111111;font-weight:400;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#111111;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>What’s actually market? 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