This list includes the top downloaded papers on AI in Law posted in Q4 2025. It also includes the Top 5 Organizations that downloaded the research during this period.
1. The Verification-Value Paradox: A Normative Critique of Gen AI in Legal Practice by Joshua Yuvaraj (University of Auckland)
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2. Grading Machines: Can AI Exam-Grading Replace Law Professors? by Kevin L. Cope (University of Virginia), Jens Frankenreiter (Washington University in St. Louis), Scott Hirst (Boston University), Eric A. Posner (University of Chicago), Daniel Schwarcz (University of Minnesota), & Dane Thorley (Brigham Young University)
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3. Readers Prefer Outputs of AI Trained on Copyrighted Books over Expert Human Writers by Tuhin Chakrabarty (Stony Brook University), Jane C. Ginsburg (Columbia University), & Paramveer Dhillon (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
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4. “Self-Driving” Means Self-Driving by Bryant Walker Smith (University of South Carolina)
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5. Constitutionalising Algorithmic Enforcement by Giancarlo Fosio (Queen’s University Belfast)
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6. Bonfire of The Vagaries: Toward A Less Imperfect Arbitrator Under Texas Medical Association v. HHS by Kimo Gandall (Harvard University), Jack Kieffaber (Harvard University), & Kenny McLaren (Harvard Innovation Labs)
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7. Algorithmic Enclosure? Reclaiming a Human-Centred Governance Model for Online Creativity by Giancarlo Frosio (Queen’s University Belfast)
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8. Solving the Prosecutor Vacancy Crisis by Adam M. Gershowitz (William & Mary Law School)
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9. “Lyman Trumbull’s Letter to Andrew Johnson”: Authorship, Transcript and Artificial Intelligence by Kurt Lash (University of Richmond)
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10. AI and Investment Services in EU Law: The Case for MiFID III by Riccardo Ghetti (University of Bologna), Claudio Novelli (Yale University), Philipp Hacker (European University Viadrina Frankfurt Oder), & Luciano Floridi (Yale University)
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