UC Berkeley Law will ban AI from nearly all graded work starting in summer 2026, from outlining and drafting to proofreading. Only research use remains allowed. The school’s rationale: future lawyers must first learn to think for themselves before they can use AI meaningfully.

The University of California, Berkeley Law School has adopted a new, strict policy governing students’ use of AI. It forbids the use of AI for work submitted for credit.

UC Berkeley Law School professor Chris Hoofnagle told Business Insider said the new policy was designed with first-year students in mind.

UC Berkeley Law will ban AI from nearly all graded work starting in summer 2026, from outlining and drafting to proofreading. Only research use remains allowed. The school’s…