Vanderbilt law students will gain access to AI-powered deposition simulations
The Vanderbilt University Law School will offer DepoSim, an artificial intelligence-powered deposition simulation used by many law firms, starting this fall. (Photo from Shutterstock)
The Vanderbilt University Law School will offer DepoSim, an artificial intelligence-powered deposition simulation used by many law firms, starting this fall.
In a partnership with experiential training company AltaClaro, Vanderbilt is offering access for law students in its Legal Practice Technology course and other classes to the tool that lets students question witnesses with different personas, hear objections from opposing counsel personas, and encounter the unpredictability of litigation, according to a Sept. 9 press release.
Students can also access it through Vanderbilt’s law library.
“Legal education has a responsibility not only to teach students the law but to prepare them for how law is practiced,” said Emily Pavuluri, the associate director of the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab at the law school’s law library, in a statement. “We are building foundational competency across a range of emerging tools, so students understand what these systems can really do, ask sharper questions of them, and keep adapting as the tools change underneath them.”
Initially, students can engage with simulations for commercial litigation, employment law, intellectual property, antitrust, securities, mass torts and expert witness depositions. Later this year, trial practice, oral arguments, discovery, client interviews and negotiation scenarios will be added.
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