Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Law Libraries

Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Law Libraries, October 13, 2025. Contributing authors: Cas Laskowski, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library, Richard Buckingham, Suffolk University Law School, Moakley Law Library, Taryn Marks, Stanford Law School, Robert Crown Law Library Teresa Miguel-Stearns, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library, Kristina L. Niedringhaus, University of South Carolina, Joseph F. Rice School of Law Library Patrick Parsons, University of Pittsburgh College of Law, Barco Law Library, George Pike, Northwestern University, Pritzker Legal Research Center.

“The Future of Law Libraries initiative convened six regional roundtables on Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Law Libraries with experts from academic, court, firm, and government law libraries, as well as allied professions, using scenario-building methodology to examine how AI is reshaping legal education, work, and systems and what law libraries must do to lead that change. The common message: legal information professionals must take an active, coordinated role in AI policy, training, and infrastructure or risk being sidelined as legal information vendors and non-library actors set the agenda. This white paper distills convergent themes and proposes collaborative directions. It explores three recommendations that sprang from the roundtables: 1) create a centralized AI organization, 2) develop tiered training for legal information professionals, and 3) establish a shared knowledge hub. If we are successful in this next stage, we will have coordinated advocacy and standards, a workforce with more advanced skills, and an open, authoritative, dynamic, centralized repository. We will be convening teams to push these recommendations forward and we provide a link in the Call to Action section (below) for our colleagues to join this effort…”