ChatGPT has reinvigorated discussions about the transformative use of AI in professional spheres including law and legal services delivery. Can ChatGPT aid lawyers in drafting contracts and briefs? Is ChatGPT equipped to offer reliable legal advice? Long-term, could tools like ChatGPT replace some lawyers entirely?

The Northwestern Law and Technology Initiative – a partnership between Northwestern Engineering and Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law – and Northwestern Law’s High Tech Law Society convened a panel on January 10, 2023, to discuss these questions and consider the opportunities and limitations of large language models.