This book, against the backdrop of the challenges and opportunities presented by the significant advances in generative AI, combines a critical, yet practical, examination of the place of authenticity in legal assessment in higher education.
This book, against the backdrop of the challenges and opportunities presented by the advances in generative AI, combines a critical, yet practical, examination of the place of authenticity in legal assessment in higher education.
Part I and Part II, critical in approach, evaluates the ever-evolving concept of authenticity in, and for, assessment, examines the role of authenticity with the employability agenda and considers how law schools might respond, at programme level, 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.
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The authors offer a timely and much-needed framework for addressing the complex challenges currently facing assessment design and delivery in legal education. The book invites legal educators to reflect critically on what we assess, why we assess it, and how and when assessment should take place. The analysis and case studies presented offer an invaluable starting point for the review and renewal of assessment strategies within contemporary law schools. -- Andy Unger, London South Bank University, UK Through rigorous analysis and practical examples, this timely and thought-provoking text rejects the myth of AI-proof assessment in unsupervised contexts, and affirms the enduring value of authentic assessment in legal education. -- Alex Nicholson, University of Leeds, UK At a time when AI is evolving, many of the challenges law teachers face when deciding how to use assessment effectively can only be met by creative strategies. This thought-provoking book provides the educational context with plenty of original examples augmented by excellent case studies. A must-read! -- Alison Bone, formerly University of Brighton, UK
Contents
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
Verona Ní Drisceoil, Reader in Legal Education, Jo Wilson, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Jeanette Ashton, Associate Professor in Law, Department of Law, University of Sussex, UK
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