UChicago Law bans electronics in first-year law classes to promote critical thinking

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Original Load Date July 10, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
Last Updated July 10, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
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Starting in the fall, the University of Chicago Law School will ban electronics in class for first-year law students in an effort to combat the rise of artificial intelligence. In a new memo, the law school explained that students need to "learn how to think critically and solve legal problems with...