Mississippi College Law: First to Mandate AI Ethics

0:00It's April 20th. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Mississippi College School of Law just became one of the first in the nation to make artificial intelligence education mandatory for every student. They're requiring all first-year law students to take a dedicated AI course, aiming to teach them how to use the text smartly, quickly, and without. Crossing ethical lines. Dean John Anderson says it's all about dodging those messy scandals where lawyers cut corners with AI. This puts MC law ahead as the first in the southeast to roll out this requirement. Last month, first-year students wrapped up the school's debut, two-day intensive on AI, finishing with hands-on projects that got them building real. Tools. It's part of a bigger push since AI has exploded, letting machines mimic human smarts in problem solving and decision-making. Lawyers and judges have already tripped up with AI, like when a federal judge in Mississippi used it for a court order packed with errors or another, who slapped

1:04a lawyer with a $20,000 fine for bogus filings full of fake cases. State lawmakers are pushing back, too, with bills for AI guardrails that didn't pass this year but could return. Students in the course got creative, whipping up apps for jury selection to spot biases, drafting memos, and even tracking billable hours, automatically. The school launched a center for AI policy and technology leadership last year, teaming up business and ball programs to crank out research and training. MC laws gearing up for more, with fresh projects and announcements on deck to keep leading an ethical AI for the legal world.