School AI policy
Harvard Law School
What Harvard Law School has published about AI use in coursework, from the school's own documents, checked Sept '26.
What the school says
The published policy
Harvard Law's 2026-2027 Handbook of Academic Policies, Section V.C ('Use of AI in Academic Work and Exams'), permits students to engage with AI (naming ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot) the same way they may engage with other people or non-AI technology: use that would be plagiarism if done with a human is prohibited, comparable research-style use is permitted, and AI is barred outright during exam administration. Instructors may set different written rules in their syllabus. This is the Law School's own policy with no separate university carve-out issue.
From the school’s own document: “a student is not permitted to submit a prompt to an artificial intelligence application”
AI disclosure on submitted work: Permitted with disclosure under the documents reviewed.
Policy source
The school’s policy pagePolicy document
The linked policy documentHonor code
The school’s honor codeAfter graduation
Your state bar has its own rules
School policy governs coursework. The moment you practice, your state bar's position on AI takes over.
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This page states only what Harvard Law School’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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