School AI policy
University of Chicago Law School
What University of Chicago 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
UChicago Law's own student handbook (Article 4.9, revised Autumn 2025) sets a law-school-specific generative AI policy, layered on top of the university's general academic honesty rules that the law school otherwise defers to for other misconduct categories. The default rule allows AI for brainstorming, proofreading, and exam prep, absolutely prohibits it on exams, and prohibits composing paper text with it. The school also adopted an AI Strategy Statement on July 9, 2026; Article 4.9 remains the operative handbook rule cited here.
From the school’s own document: “would constitute academic plagiarism if the generative AI were a human author”
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 University of Chicago 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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