AI and Law Education in the Master's 

Law studies focus not only on acquiring thorough legal knowledge but also on acquiring academic and legal skills. Both are necessary for a successful career after graduation. These skills include carefully reading and analyzing complex texts, formulating and structuring clearly and precisely, developing new ideas, and thinking critically and creatively. You will not learn these skills by using GenAI alone. We believe it is important that you continue to develop these skills independently in your master's program.  

Within academia and professional practice, there is considerable discussion about what GenAI means for law and for law education. Within each master's program at the UvA Law School, various pilot projects are currently investigating whether, how, and when GenAI can be used responsibly. We also pay close attention to ethical and sustainability issues surrounding AI technology and are aware of the need for AI literacy to become critical and conscious users of GenAI.

What you are not allowed to do with the UvA AI Chat (and other (Gen)AI tools) 

The UvA AI Chat offers students equal access to a GenAI tool within the UvA environment. However, the UvA also sets clear limits on the use of the UvA AI Chat and commercial (Gen)AI tools. Using these tools to (partially) generate texts and then submitting them as your own work constitutes fraud or plagiarism. Do not use GenAI tools in work that is being assessed unless you have explicit permission from your instructor and are transparent about how you have used them. Use during exams or other forms of assessment is not permitted unless explicit permission has been granted. 
 
More specific instructions are provided for each course on Canvas. If you have any doubts or concerns, ask your lecturer or the director of your programme.