{"slug": "laptops-banned-from-us-university-classroom-in-bid-to-tackle-student-ai-use", "title": "Laptops banned from US university classroom in bid to tackle student AI use", "summary": "The University of Chicago Law School will ban laptops and smartphones for incoming first-year law students starting in the 2026-2027 academic year, aiming to develop \"AI-resilient pedagogy\" and ensure students learn critical thinking without relying on artificial intelligence. Examinations will also be conducted in-class without internet or electronic access, as the legal sector faces increasing AI automation.", "body_md": "# Laptops banned from US university classroom in bid to tackle student AI use\n\n- The University of Chicago Law School has announced a ban on laptops and smartphones for incoming first-year law students.\n- Starting from the 2026-2027 academic year, students will be prohibited from using electronic devices during classes.\n- The policy aims to develop “AI-resilient pedagogy” and ensure students learn critical, strategic, and independent thinking without relying on artificial intelligence.\n- Examinations will also be conducted in-class without access to the internet, electronic files, or apps.\n- This initiative comes as the legal sector is identified as highly susceptible to AI automation, with a UK firm recently winning a case using an AI lawyer.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/laptops-banned-from-us-university-classroom-in-bid-to-tackle-student-ai-use", "canonical_source": "https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/university-chicago-law-school-ai-laptop-banned-b3013948.html", "published_at": "2026-07-13 14:24:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-13 14:44:11.381435+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["University of Chicago Law School"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/laptops-banned-from-us-university-classroom-in-bid-to-tackle-student-ai-use", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/laptops-banned-from-us-university-classroom-in-bid-to-tackle-student-ai-use.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/laptops-banned-from-us-university-classroom-in-bid-to-tackle-student-ai-use.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/laptops-banned-from-us-university-classroom-in-bid-to-tackle-student-ai-use.jsonld"}}