Vanderbilt AI Law Lab
The Vanderbilt AI Law Lab is dedicated to exploring the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in legal education and the practice of law. Our mission is to foster deep curiosity, critical creativity, and radical collaboration, bridging the gap between technology and law to enhance legal services and legal education.
An initiative of the Program on Law and Innovation, the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab (VAILL) is focused on the AI of law from a human-centered perspective. The lab is dedicated to exploring how AI can improve our legal systems and create greater access to legal help for more people. To do this, we champion radical collaboration and experimentation because VAILL is not simply a lab; it's a hub where innovative minds converge to reimagine the future of law through the lens of AI.
Our Mission
The Vanderbilt AI Law Lab (VAILL) is dedicated to fostering curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, bridging the gap between technology and law through a human-centered approach.
We believe that effective AI development in the legal field must prioritize human needs, ethical considerations, and social benefit. Our team employs human-centered design methods to ensure that technology serves people, not the other way around.
Get Involved with VAILL
VAILL members collaborate with law firms of all sizes and specialties to help lawyers and legal professionals adapt AI technologies for their practice. Our multi-phase approach helps firms diagnose needs, prioritize investments, and implement ethical AI solutions.
VAILL members conduct regular sessions for the legal community, including CLE sessions and presentations to bar associations and practice groups.
VAILL hosts and co-sponsors events, from conferences to hackathons, for legal professionals, students, and the general public.
VAILL members conduct regular student workshops that equip students with hands-on experience in AI legal technologies, critical thinking skills for addressing AI-related legal and ethical issues, and insights into emerging areas of law affected by AI.
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Making the Case for AI
As generative AI changes the legal profession, Vanderbilt Law and VAILL use innovative teaching and scholarship to prepare the next generation of lawyers.