The Rise of the Interdisciplinary Lawyer: Defending the Rule of Law in the Age of Al

Kevin Frazier*

* Kevin Thomas Frazier, Assistant Professor of Law, St. Thomas University; J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law; M.P.A., Harvard Kennedy School. Thank you to the U.S.F. Law Review staff for their careful attention to this essay and diligent efforts to strengthen its arguments.

Abstract:

The development and deployment of emerging technologies poses a threat to the Rule of Law. From autonomous vehicles to geoengineering and, now, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies have the potential to improve as well as impair the Rule of Law. Generative Al tools, for example, can assist pro se litigants with legal research, thereby increasing individuals’ abilities to defend themselves fully and forcefully in court. Relatedly, integration of Al into some judicial processes may increase transparency in furtherance of Rule of Law principles. Eventually, it may be common practice for judges to use...