Challenges and Strategies for Legal Education Reform in the Age of AI

Abstract

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, its penetration into the field of higher education has profoundly impacted the paradigm of legal education. This paper systematically explores the multidimensional challenges faced by law teaching reform in universities in the AI era: traditional teaching models are being challenged by intelligent teaching tools and urgently need to be restructured; the accelerated update of legal knowledge systems has put forward higher requirements for the timeliness of course content; the widespread use of AI-assisted decision-making systems has posed new questions for the cultivation of students’ legal thinking. In response to the above challenges, this paper proposes corresponding reform paths from the dimensions of teaching model innovation, curriculum system optimization, and practical ability cultivation, aiming to build a legal talent training system that meets the needs of the intelligent era.