SAN tasks lawyers on legal AI

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who is also a professor of law at the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Yusuf Ali, has tasked members of the legal profession, including those in the academia to brace up for the emerging challenges Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have on the legal profession.

This, he said, is because there will be unintended weaknesses or adverse consequences from its deployment.

He made the call at a lecture organised for law students of FUOYE on Jurisprudence.

Prof Ali said he foresaw the use of AI in that branch of law study.

To the law students, Prof Ali drew their attention to the dynamic and fluid nature of some areas in jurisprudence such as biotech, feminist and sociological jurisprudence which according to him would continue to task and test the capacity of law to address certain human and societal challenges.

The Vice Chancellor of the institution Prof Abayomi Fasina underscored the strategic nexus between law practice and academic excellence among law students.

He pointed this out during his commendatory remarks at the lecture, where he noted that the students had been enriched by the experience shared by the distinguished lawyer.

“The success of the interaction of wig and the classroom has made a synergy of this nature very imperative and compelling for grooming law students in our universities.

“This is an experiment we are proud to have initiated in our unrelenting quest to hunt for knowledge all over the world for the benefit of our students,” the VC said.