How To Embed Authenticity in Legal Assessments: Responding to Generative AI

Name: How To Embed Authenticity in Legal Assessments: Responding to Generative AI
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035327065
Price: 1134.90 HKD
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Author: Verona Ní Drisceoil; Joanna Wilson; Jeanette Ashton
ISBN: 9781035327065

Edited by Verona Ní Drisceoil · Joanna Wilson · Jeanette Ashton

Edward Elgar Publishing March 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781035327065
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: March 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Against the backdrop of the challenges and opportunities presented by the advances in generative AI, this book combines a critical, yet practical, examination of the place of authenticity in legal assessment in higher education.

Part I and Part II evaluates the ever-evolving concept of authenticity in, and for, assessment, examines the role of authenticity within the employability agenda and considers how law schools might respond to the advances in generative AI. Throughout, the authors deliberate current issues for legal education including assessment validity and the impact of AI and generative AI on student learning and cognitive function. Part III, drawing on 20 diverse legal assessment case studies from legal educators across the UK, presents examples of innovative and creative legal assessments and how these have been, or may be, adopted to respond to the advances in generative AI.

How To Embed Authenticity in Legal Assessments is an essential read for legal educators and researchers interested in legal assessment and the future of legal education. It will also be beneficial for senior leadership teams seeking to integrate valid, fair, and innovative assessment design into their law curriculums.

Preface xiii; PART I UNPACKING ‘AUTHENTICITY’ IN, AND FOR, ASSESSMENT; 1.
Introduction: authenticity as the antithesis to artificial 2: Verona Ní Drisceoil, Jo Wilson and Jeanette Ashton; 2.
What is authenticity in legal assessment? From a binary construct, to a multi-dimensional spectrum, to a tool of: empowerment? 14; Jo Wilson; 3.
Empowerment and widening opportunities through legal assessment: navigating the employability agenda 28: Jeanette Ashton; PART II GENERATIVE AI, LEGAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT; 4.
Generative AI, legal education and legal practice: the need for a thoughtful reckoning 45: Verona Ní Drisceoil; 5.
Responding to the advances in generative AI at programme level: multiple interpretations of authenticity in legal: assessment required 61; Verona Ní Drisceoil; PART III CASE STUDIES; 6.
From podcasts to posters: twenty case study examples of authenticity in legal assessment 72: Jeanette Ashton and Jo Wilson; 7.
Conclusion: authenticity in legal assessment can create and widen opportunities 165: Verona Ní Drisceoil