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Legal AI Lab

Legal AI Lab

By: Recht in je Oor | Hidde Bruinsma
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Legal AI Lab with Hidde Bruinsma explores with top experts how artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal world. From lawyers and judges to law students, everyone will face fundamental shifts driven by AI. Each episode dives into the opportunities, risks, and new skills required, preparing you for the legal market of the future.


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Hidde Bruinsma
Economics
Episodes
  • Soledad Atienza - Why Lawyers Are Architects of Society in the Age of AI
    Feb 19 2026

    Lawyers are architects of society. But what happens when AI changes how law is accessed, practiced and understood?


    In this episode of Legal AI Lab, Soledad Atienza, Dean of IE Law School, explains why legal education must move beyond national systems and embrace a global legal mindset.


    AI makes legal knowledge more accessible than ever. That means law schools must shift their focus. From memorising content to developing critical thinking. From national silos to comparative principles. From narrow specialisation to multidisciplinary awareness.


    We discuss:

    • Why law schools should not ban AI but guide its use

    • How assessments must change in an AI world

    • Why students must learn to question AI outputs

    • Why demand for legal services is growing, not shrinking

    • The importance of human skills such as empathy, negotiation and teamwork


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    00:00 Lawyers as architects of society

    02:47 National regulation vs global practice

    06:18 From systems to principles

    09:42 Knowledge vs judgment in the AI era

    14:11 Growing demand for legal services

    17:36 Embedding AI across the curriculum

    22:04 Teaching students to question AI

    26:53 Rethinking assessment in an AI world

    32:27 Generalists and multidisciplinary thinking

    37:12 Human skills in a tech driven profession

    41:05 Experiential learning and VR

    44:38 Habits future lawyers must build


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    48 mins
  • Elgar Weijtmans - Experimenteren met AI is geen keuze meer voor advocatenkantoren
    Jan 8 2026

    AI verandert de advocatuur fundamenteel. Niet alleen technisch, maar ook cultureel.

    In deze aflevering van Legal AI Lab spreekt Hidde Bruinsma met Elgar Weijtmans over wat het betekent om jurist te zijn in een tijdperk van generatieve AI.


    Elgar vertelt waarom hij zichzelf een generalist noemt. Waarom juist die brede blik steeds waardevoller wordt. En waarom advocatenkantoren die wachten op perfect beleid of volledige zekerheid zichzelf in de weg zitten.


    Het gesprek gaat over experimenteren. Over kleine teams. Over sandboxes in plaats van olietankers. En over waarom training, cultuur en menselijk gedrag uiteindelijk belangrijker zijn dan de technologie zelf.


    Ook bespreken we hoe advocatenkantoren omgaan met weerstand. Waarom vroege adoptie soms vooral geluk is. En waarom AI niet vraagt om minder mensen, maar om andere vaardigheden.


    Een aflevering voor studenten. Voor jonge juristen. Voor partners. En voor iedereen die voelt dat het klassieke carrièrepad schuurt.


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    0:00 Introductie en het pad van Elgar

    1:10 Generalist zijn in de advocatuur

    2:59 Waarom AI een kans is voor generalisten

    4:14 Het klassieke carrièrepad onder druk

    6:08 Waarom experimenteren essentieel is

    9:20 De eerste kennismaking met ChatGPT

    11:28 Verandering organiseren binnen een groot kantoor

    13:52 Waarom timing soms geluk is

    15:15 Training is belangrijker dan technologie

    18:56 Worden advocatenkantoren techbedrijven

    21:53 Een nieuw profiel voor jonge juristen

    24:40 Zichtbaarheid. Kennis delen. Cultuur

    27:23 Waarom hyperpersoonlijk werkt

    30:48 De zoektocht naar juridische AI tools

    33:24 De trechter. Niet het resultaat maar het proces

    36:24 Waarom testen altijd contextafhankelijk is

    40:23 Van generieke AI naar juridisch onderzoek

    45:22 Richtlijnen en onzekerheid in de markt

    48:52 Open benchmarks en samenwerking

    51:44 Voorspellingen voor 2026

    54:31 Advies aan jonge juristen

    55:55 Afsluiting

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    58 mins
  • Thibault Schrepel - Why banning AI in law schools will fail
    Dec 18 2025

    Banning AI at law schools will not save legal education. It will make it unfair.


    In this episode of Legal AI Lab, Hidde Bruinsma speaks with Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor of Law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and founder of Stanford’s Computational Antitrust Project.


    Schrepel explains why banning AI creates distorted competition, why AI detection does not work, and why law schools must rethink how they teach and assess students instead of trying to preserve outdated systems.


    Based on a two year classroom experiment, he shows what happens when students use AI without guidance, with guidance, or not at all. The results challenge common fears about shortcuts and show why AI can strengthen learning when used deliberately.


    The conversation also dives into the limits of future proof regulation, the challenges of the EU AI Act, and how AI is already changing law firm business models, billing structures, and the role of junior lawyers.


    AI is not ending the legal profession. It is removing the most tedious work and increasing the value of human judgment, creativity, and strategy.

    It forces legal education to confront how lawyers actually create value.


    You’ll learn


    • Why banning AI in law schools creates inequality rather than fairness

    • What actually happens when students use AI in legal education

    • Why detecting AI generated work does not work at scale

    • How legal education must change exams and teaching methods

    • Why future proof regulation is impossible and adaptive law is necessary

    • How the EU AI Act struggles with fast technological change

    • Why hourly billing is under pressure


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    Chapters


    0:00 Introduction.

    3:05 Fear, prohibition and the illusion of control

    7:40 There is no hiding from AI in legal practice

    12:20 What really goes wrong when lawyers misuse AI

    17:30 AI does not replace reasoning. It exposes weak reasoning

    22:45 Judges, responsibility and meaningful human control

    28:30 Why AI literacy matters more than technical skill

    33:50 New legal markets beyond traditional law firms

    38:40 Why old billing models are under pressure

    43:10 The EU AI Act. Guardrails, risk categories and legal responsibility

    47:40 What the AI Act means for lawyers, judges and legal education

    50:10 Final reflection. Regulation as a condition for trust

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    51 mins
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