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VAILL

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Vanderbilt AI Law Lab

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VAILL is dedicated to exploring the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in legal education and the practice of law. Our mission is to foster deep curiosity, critical creativity, and radical collaboration, bridging the gap between technology and law to enhance legal services and legal education. We commit to ethical, human-centered AI applications, working to democratize legal knowledge and services for broader societal impact. VAILL embodies the spirit of innovation, cultivating a community where diverse perspectives converge to reimagine the future of law in an AI-driven world. Through our experiments, we aim to inspire and equip the next generation of legal professionals, ensuring they are adept at navigating the evolving landscape of law and technology.

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https://www.ailawlab.org/
Industry
Higher Education
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
Nashville, Tennessee
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2023

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    VAILL

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    Two of our own are speaking at the LawDroid AI Conference 2026, and we think you should be there too! Co-founder Mark Williams joins the AI in Education panel, and co-founder Cat Moon joins the Women in AI panel, at this free, virtual, two-day event on April 28–29. The conference is built around moving from curiosity to action, with hands-on workshops, real deployments, and practical workflows. That's a mission we share completely! Register below and we'll "see" you there!

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    LawDroid

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    𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁? Join us April 28-29, 2026 for LawDroid AI Conference 2026. Free. Virtual. Practical. I've spent the last year talking with lawyers, legal aid organizations, court innovators, and technologists. The same pattern keeps emerging: everyone knows AI matters, but most don't know how to move from curiosity to deployment. That's why we built this conference around 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱. Not another event where you sit through demos and walk away with nothing actionable. This is two days of learning how to actually build AI tools, design workflows, and deploy solutions in your practice or organization. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 brings together the leading voices shaping legal AI's future. Bridget Mary McCormack on justice and innovation. Ron Flagg on expanding access. Panels on ethics, journalism, legal aid, courts, the profession, education, and women in AI. Real conversations about real challenges. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 is where you build. Five workshops taught by experts who've actually deployed AI in legal settings. You'll learn Skills Engineering from Hannes Westermann. Vibe Coding from Conor Malloy. Document Automation from Quinten Steenhuis. Context Engineering from Kezia Hill. AI Agents from me and Sateesh Nori. Plus rapid-fire Tech Talks showcasing the cutting edge. A State of AI panel on where we are and where we're headed. Nicola (Nikki) Shaver opening with a global perspective on what actually works. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁: → 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀-𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 designed for immediate implementation — walk away with skills, not just slides → 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 — dedicated sessions on legal aid and court innovation because AI should work for everyone → 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 — from solo practitioners to legal aid directors to court administrators to technologists → 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 — connect with thousands of legal professionals from anywhere in the world → 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 — thanks to Practising Law Institute and ARAG Legal Insurance This isn't about futurism or hype. It's about practitioners sharing what's working right now. Tools you can use tomorrow. Workflows you can implement next week. Strategies that actually deliver results. Whether you're a solo trying to automate intake, a legal aid org trying to serve more clients, a court trying to help self-represented litigants, or a large firm trying to deploy agentic workflows — this conference meets you where you are and shows you the next step. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆+ 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁. 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. Join us April 28-29. Let's build together. Register: [Link in comments] #LegalAI #LawDroidConf2026 #BuildWithAI #LegalTech #AccessToJustice

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    Courts are issuing mandatory AI verification rules (or not?). Nearly half of federal judges haven't received AI training. Seventy percent of legal professionals report using gen AI. Fewer than one in ten firms has an enforced policy governing how. The Lab Notebook No. 4 is out. In it, we'e track what's compounding — and what's lagging badly behind. https://lnkd.in/eqDZ4Ftk

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    VAILL

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    The Nashville area is already home to about a third of the AI data centers in the state, and more are headed our way — including a new facility in East Nashville. What does that mean for Nashville? Mark Williams, VAILL co-founding co-director, joined City Cast Nashville host Marie Cecile Anderson to break down what Nashville's data center boom means for our community: the opportunity, the tradeoffs, and the questions we should be asking now. Give it a listen now! https://lnkd.in/ev4yiUvP

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    Today at 5 PM CT, join VAILL co-founder, Cat Moon, along with Ray Brescia, Renee Knake Jefferson, and Sateesh Nori for a discussion of Ray's new book, Lawyer 3.0: A Guide to Next-Wave Lawyering — a work that asks exactly the questions we center our work around: how does the profession evolve, and how do we make sure it evolves equitably? Free to attend, virtual, and eligible for 1 ethics CLE credit. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e8fMsi75

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    VAILL

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    Vanderbilt University Law School is one of nine founding schools in Legora's new Legal AI Scholars Program, and we couldn't be more aligned with what this initiative aims to buil. The premise is simple and important: law students should arrive at their first job already proficient in enterprise-grade AI tools. Not catching up, but ready to go on their Day 1! This is the future of legal education we've been working toward at VAILL since day one — hands-on, practical, and built around real-world readiness. Excited to see this kind of collaboration across institutions!

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    Legora

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    Legora’s Legal AI Scholars Program is now live. We’ve collaborated with leading law schools to integrate the platform into their curricula - preparing graduates to enter the legal world with the AI proficiency and skills that are now essential to their future careers. As legal AI becomes more prevalent, it’s critical that we have a workforce that knows how to use it safely and most efficiently. This will benefit both the skillset of future lawyers and the resources of law firms, reducing the training burden and accelerating new hire productivity. The platform that students will be using and learning from has been developed by our dedicated law school team, who have collaborated with faculty to tailor and deliver an AI-focused curriculum. The Legal AI Scholars Program will be rolled out to more law schools in key jurisdictions over the coming months. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/ecjqyDhy Learn more about the Program here: https://lnkd.in/eFmHVFmE

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    Proud to see our co-founder, Cat Moon, profiled alongside 160+ leaders on the new Women Building the Future of Justice dashboard!! This global resource from Lady Justice Initiative and Justice Technology Association spotlights women harnessing technology to expand access to justice — founders, nonprofit leaders, public sector innovators, and ecosystem builders working across legal aid, court tech, and beyond. Cat's work at the intersection of legal education, innovation, and AI is exactly why VAILL exists: to prepare the next generation to build a legal system that works for everyone. Congrats, Cat! Explore the full dashboard here: https://buff.ly/KBeO8wH

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    Justice Technology Association

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    The Women Building the Future of Justice dashboard is live. Built in partnership with Lady Justice Initiative, this global resource profiles women harnessing technology to expand access to justice: founders, nonprofit leaders, public sector innovators, and ecosystem builders working across legal aid, court tech, and beyond. It's Women's History Month, and the UN's Commission on the Status of Women is spotlighting access to justice for women and girls this year. We couldn't think of a better time to launch. Explore the dashboard 👉 https://buff.ly/KBeO8wH #WomensHistoryMonth #JusticeTech #WomenInTech #AccessToJustice #InternationalWomensDay

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    Colin S. Levy, thank you for this generous and thoughtful write-up — it means a great deal coming from someone who follows this space so closely! You captured something we think about every day: the difference between talking about the future of legal practice and actually building it. That's the bet Cat Moon and Mark Williams made when they started VAILL, and it's the work our entire team shows up to do. The goal was never AI as a checkbox. It was (and still very much is!) preparing students and practitioners to work with AI confidently, ethically, and in ways that expand access to legal services for people who need them most. We're grateful for the shout-out and glad the work is resonating. We'll keep building!

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    Most law schools talk about preparing students for the future of legal practice. Vanderbilt Law School is actually building it. The Vanderbilt AI Law Lab (VAILL) launched in 2023 out of Vanderbilt's Program on Law and Innovation. The mission is concrete: use AI to expand access to legal services, train students for an AI-driven landscape, and build real partnerships across academia, industry, and the legal community. Co-directors Cat Moon and Mark Williams designed the lab around three principles they believe lawyers have historically resisted: curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Not as buzzwords. As operating principles. The work reflects it. VAILL built an AI governance bills tracker, developed a Coursera course on generative AI for legal professionals, published practical GenAI adoption guidance through the ABA, and is co-creating tools with legal aid organizations. They're also building industry partnerships to close the gap between what law students learn and what the legal market actually needs. Moon's framing stays with me: "the AI of law." Not AI as a feature added to legal practice. AI as something capable of reshaping legal systems themselves, if approached from a human-centered perspective. Law schools right now have a choice: treat AI as a curriculum checkbox, or make a real institutional bet. VAILL has made its choice. Cat Moon, Mark Williams, and the team at Vanderbilt University Law School are doing work worth watching. I’m Colin, General Counsel at Malbek, and author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem. #legaltech #innovation #law #business #learning

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    Volume 4 of "What We're Actually Using AI For" is live on our Substack! This installment covers building dashboards that replace slide decks, setting up custom instructions so AI works the way you work, and using AI as a structured data entry assistant for a multi-jurisdictional research project. What doesn't it include? Hype. Flashy demos. These are just real use cases from the VAILL team doing our real work. This is the heart of what we teach: you don't need to be a developer or an AI power user to get genuine value. You just need a task worth tackling and some willingness to experiment. Read Vol. 4 here: https://lnkd.in/eFMs2udE

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    "These are the skills that will define the next generation of legal professionals." That's VAILL team member Kyle Turner in Bloomberg Law's brand-new Law School Innovation Program report, and the data backs him up. 89% of ABA-accredited law schools surveyed now offer AI-focused courses, with AI ethics, AI literacy, and AI for legal research leading the way. Law schools are leaning into AI. As an early adopter, Vanderbilt University Law School has been "in" since VAILL's founding in 2023. Almost half of practicing attorneys already expect new hires to be AI-literate, and we're proud to have been building toward that from the start. Our course offerings reflect the skills that new lawyers need and what firms expect of them! Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/dcVivxTQ

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    We're thrilled to share that VAILL co-founder, Mark Williams, is a member of Hotshot Inc.'s AI Advisory Board! Mark's expertise at the intersection of law, legal education, and artificial intelligence makes him a natural fit and a perfect complement to Hotshot's mission. That mission aligns closely with what we do every day at VAILL: preparing students and practitioners to work confidently and ethically with AI tools. This kind of cross-institutional collaboration is exactly how legal education moves forward. Congratulations, Mark!

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