Events on AI Teaching Lab at Penn Carey Law

AI Law Lab Bootcamp

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

A 2-credit, intensive 2-weekend capstone course delivered March 21–22 and 28–29, 2026. Practice-oriented, built around hands-on simulations using real AI legal tools.

Two parallel tracks

Corporate Track — AI-Powered Due Diligence Sprint

Anchored on Hershey’s 2017 acquisition of Amplify Snack Brands. Students worked in buyer and seller teams with deliberately asymmetric information, triaged 500+ contracts using AI tools, negotiated representations and warranties, and presented Red Flag Reports to a mock partner panel.

AI 1L Orientation

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

Programming for incoming 1Ls — covering AI capabilities and limits, professional-responsibility considerations, and how AI tools fit into the work of becoming a lawyer.

Run as part of Penn Carey Law’s 1L orientation in September 2025 and (in earlier form) September 2023. Builds on the Toolkit’s AI Tips for 1Ls and 1L Guidance on ChatGPT EDU Use materials.

Faculty Retreat AI Demos

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

Live AI demonstrations for Penn Carey Law faculty during the Fall 2024 Faculty Retreat — image generation, class scripting, hypothetical creation, Virtual TA setup, and AI essay grading.

The retreat materials seeded several of the Toolkit’s faculty-facing resources, including Teaching with Generative AI — Demos and the early Faculty Guide to AI Tools.

AI Tech Talk #1

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0400

The Lab’s first major public event: “You know ChatGPT exists… but now what?”

Held November 2023, the Tech Talk framed the practical questions that the Lab has been answering since: where AI helps in legal work, where it fails, what to teach students about it, and how the legal profession should adapt.

AI-Assisted Practice Exam Event

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500

A study event for students working through practice exams in Contracts, Torts, Corporations, and Criminal Law — with structured AI-assistance protocols and a post-event reflection on what helped, what got in the way, and what students learned about their own preparation by working alongside AI.

Faculty Discussion Sessions

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Recurring smaller-group conversations among Penn Carey Law faculty — about teaching with AI, drafting AI use policies, and what the Lab is learning from its various workstreams. Run since Fall 2023 in different formats: lunches, working-group meetings, and ad-hoc sessions tied to specific Lab outputs.