School AI policy
University of Texas School of Law
What University of Texas 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
Dean Bobby Chesney's June 16, 2026 memo 'AI and Legal Education,' hosted on the school's own AI initiative page, leaves the decision of whether AI is allowed on a given assignment to the individual professor. Where a professor does not want AI used, the school's institutional response has been to eliminate almost all take-home exams and shift toward locked-down in-class exam software and more live/oral assessment, rather than writing a blanket AI rule into the Honor Code, which itself contains no AI language.
From the school’s own document: “near-complete elimination of take-home exams”
AI disclosure on submitted work: Set per instructor: the school leaves the rule to each professor or course.
Policy source
The school’s policy pagePolicy document
The linked policy documentHonor code
The school’s honor codeAfter graduation
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This page states only what University of Texas 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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