575: How AI Can Help Law Students with ADHD or Dyslexia

Yeah, so this has really been a topic I've been spending time thinking about this fall as I have been working with law students, which is different ways that you can use AI, especially if you need accommodations.

And so I'm kind of excited to talk about this.

Really, before we start, we do need to remind everyone that law schools have all sorts of different policies on generative AI, and if you don't know what your law school's policy is, pause this episode before you do anything in it-

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... and, um-

Go find out [laughs]

Look it up.

Go find out, because what we definitely don't want anyone to do is to take any steps that would accidentally violate a school's honor code.

There are very serious ramifications to that.

So I just wanted to set the stage for that [laughs] before we dive in to some pretty amazing ways that AI can help you.

So who we're really talking about here are students who may get formal accommodations in law school.

This could include, you know, extended time on tests.

Perhaps you get, um, student notes given to you from class.

Maybe you're even allowed to record class lectures.

There are a lot of different accommodations that students can get.

Um, even if you don't get accommodations, it's possible that you wish you got some accommodations, or you might have an inkling that you might need accommodations.

A huge number of people get diagnosed with, um, some sort of learning difference or ADHD in law school because it is a pressure cooker, [laughs] and it really, you know, causes a lot of the stuff to bubble up to the surface.

So if you're listening to this and you're like, "Well, I don't know if I have ADHD, but now I'm worried that I might," then this could also be helpful for you.

So other times that, um, AI might be able to help you is to overcome kind of a temporary change in your situation.

Maybe you're recovering from surgery.

Maybe you are having to take care of a family member and change the way that you're studying.

Maybe you need to, um, be very flexible, and AI can be powerful with that.

So pretty much almost anyone can benefit from some of these tips, as long as you are not doing anything that your school says you can't do.