Legal Tech and AI at WashU Law

Leading the Future of Law: AI and Legal Technology at WashU Law

WashU Law is at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence, legal technology, and innovation into legal education and practice. As the legal profession rapidly evolves, WashU Law is committed to preparing students to lead in a data-driven, tech-enabled world. Through cutting-edge courses, faculty expertise, strategic industry partnerships, and hands-on learning, the school is building a nationally recognized hub for AI and legal tech leadership.

Hear more from Stefanie Lindquist, Nickerson Dean of WashU Law. Dean Lindquist’s remarks about AI and legal tech begin at 3:25.

The flagship Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law program, launched in collaboration with Wickard in January 2025, introduces students to the core technologies transforming the legal field. The program provides foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs), and generative AI, as well as practical training in legal applications, emerging tools, and ethical frameworks.

In addition to this signature program, WashU Law advances scholarship and practice across multiple dimensions of AI and the law, including algorithmic accountability, data governance, cybersecurity, privacy, and legal ethics. Faculty members are thought leaders in these areas, producing influential research and shaping policy conversations at both national and global levels.

Whether you’re a prospective student, practicing attorney, academic researcher, or legal tech innovator, this page is your central resource for exploring how WashU Law is shaping the future of law through AI, legal technology, and innovation.

AI Collaborative

At the intersection of legal innovation and policy, the WashU Law AI Collaborative at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law focuses on the transformative impact of AI on legal practice, societal structures, and policy making. The WashU Law AI Collaborative serves as a dynamic hub where interdisciplinary collaboration drives innovative research, informed policy discussions, and the development of practical solutions that shape the future of law and society.

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Legal Tech Events at WashU Law

June 2025

Pre-Law Summer Program: AI & the Future of Law

June 2025
CLE Series

September 2025

AI for Pre-Law Students (coming soon)

October 2025
Legal Tech Week (coming soon)

Partners

Legal Tech Highlights

Adjunct Professor Oliver Roberts teaches AI and the Practice of Law

Dean Lindquist hosts a legal tech fireside chat with Professor Pauline Kim and AI Initiatives Director Ryan Durrie.

Left to right: Angela Quinn, Chief Operating Officer at Husch Blackwell; Dean Stefanie Lindquist; Todd Richheimer, JD ’08, Lawfty CEO; Christian Puzder, Casefriend CEO; Nathan Kwan, JD ‘15, Senior Engineer, Lawfty.

Professors Jens Frankenreiter and James Hicks spoke to the WashU Law National Council about using AI to expand the reach of empirical corporate governance and AI in teaching copyright law, respectively.

News

October, 2024 | WashU Law Celebrates Inaugural Legal Tech Week

December, 2024 | WashU Law School Teams With WickardAI On Legal AI Program

January, 2025 | WashU Law Launches One of the Nation’s First Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law Programs

May, 2025 | WashU Law Introduces CLE AI Policy Series to Equip Legal Professionals for Emerging Tech Challenges

June, 2025 | WashU Law and McKelvey School of Engineering Collaborate in Digital Transformation Summer Corps

AI at WashU

WashU is leading cutting edge research into the creation and application of AI across multiple domains. This gives WAIC the access to a broad network of AI experts here at WashU, in addition to partnering with outside experts and teams. Some examples of the exciting work that WashU is doing can be found here.

Legal Tech Advisory Board

Coming soon

AI Related Courses and Research 2025-2026