School AI policy
Columbia University School of Law
What Columbia University School of Law has published about AI use in coursework, from the school's own documents, checked Sept '26.
What the school says
The published policy
Columbia Law's own 2026-2027 Default Academic Policy on Student Use of Artificial Intelligence (effective August 1, 2026) supersedes its prior 2025 interim policy in full, so there is no live conflict between Columbia Law documents. AI is permitted as a learning, research, and editing aid but barred from performing an assignment's core legal analysis or from any exam use, with disclosure required and instructors free to adopt more permissive written rules.
From the school’s own document: “Students may not rely on AI to perform the legal analysis, reasoning, or judgment”
AI disclosure on submitted work: Prohibited by default under the documents reviewed.
Policy source
The school’s policy pageHonor code
The school’s honor codeAfter graduation
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This page states only what Columbia University School of Law’s own published documents said when checked in Sept '26; schools revise these documents, sometimes at the same URL, so confirm the current version before relying on it. This is informational research, not legal or academic advice; the school’s current honor code and your professors’ instructions control. To correct this page, contact us with the school’s current document.
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