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Beyond The Fine Print: The Tech Law Podcast
Beyond The Fine Print: The Tech Law Podcast

Are We Training The Lawyers of the Future or Programming Compliance Bots?

06 November 2025 1:00:19 Rory O'Keeffe

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Are we preparing the next generation of lawyers for the world that’s coming, or the one that’s already been and gone?

In this episode, we’re joined by Professor Richard Ashcroft, Executive Dean at City Law School, City St George's, University of London, a bioethicist, and former Alan Turing Fellow.

Richard has spent his career navigating the crossroads of law, ethics, and technology, and now he’s helping shape how tomorrow’s lawyers are trained to lead and judge.

With AI tools taking root within universities, opportunities and risks both come with it. Richard has a unique perspective as an academic leader, which he shares with us.

We dive deep into what ethical leadership looks like in the age of AI and whether legal education is evolving fast enough to keep pace with disruption.

This conversation might just make you rethink how we train and trust legal minds…

Covered in this episode:

  • Is legal education keeping pace with AI disruption?
  • Is AI doing more harm or good for the legal profession?
  • The mindset lawyers need to thrive in an AI-powered world.
  • How law students are actually using AI tools today.
  • Why the law’s fluid nature clashes with the rigidity of LLMs.
  • Why human creativity in law can’t be automated.
  • Building the future legal workforce.
  • And more…

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