
“New Directions in Clinical Education and Dispute Resolution: AI, Justice Tech, and Beyond” is the focus of the fall volume of The Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, curated by WashU Law Professor Karen Tokarz, Director of the Community Justice & Mediation Clinic. This volume is the 11th in the “New Directions” series published by the Journal in collaboration with the School of Law’s Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program and Clinical Education Program.
Over the past fifteen years, the Journal has become a leading publisher of cutting-edge scholarship in the fields of dispute resolution, clinical education, and access to justice, featuring important articles by more than 170 top dispute-resolution experts, clinicians, legal educators, and practitioners. The all-star lineup for this fall’s volume includes:
- Karen Tokarz, “Introduction: New Directions in Clinical Education and Dispute Resolution: AI, JusticeTech, and Beyond”
- Cynthia Alkon & Andrea Kupfer Schneider, “Law, Conflict, and Hybrid Warfare: A Teaching Imperative for a Changing World”
- Dan Bersatein & Kristen Blankley, “Can I Ask That? Helping Well-Meaning Mediators Prevent Common Capacity Assessment Pitfalls”
- Christopher Gibson, “ODR Systems to Settle Divorces: How Clinical Legal Education Can Play a Role Using Online Technologies”
- Dwight Golann, “An Essay on Whether We Can Train Bots to Become Virtual Teaching Assistants and What Do We Learn as We Do?”
- Conrad Johnson, “Generative Artificial Intelligence with a Human Touch: Building HANA”
- Malin Stearns Johnson, Carolyn Wilkes Kaas, Kara McCarthy Perry & J. Kim Wright, “Embodied Negotiation: Preparing Future Lawyers Through Integrative Practice”
- John Lande, “Promoting Better Dispute Decision-Making with an AI Tool Built on RPS Theory”
- S.I. Strong, “Responsible Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Profession Through a Split Bar: Implications for Legal Education”


