Mr Craig Smith's Outputs (15)

Bridging the Digital Skills Gap with a Focused Student Initiative (2025)
Journal Article

The rapid evolution of technology has created a significantgap between the skills taught in higher education and those required byemployers. Digital Skills Week at Salford Business School (SBS) aimed to bridgethis gap by equipping students with essen... Read More about Bridging the Digital Skills Gap with a Focused Student Initiative.

Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: A Legal Education Perspective (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. (2024, December). Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: A Legal Education Perspective

The rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence in various industries and the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in recent years have prompted highlighted interest in training and supporting university students to develop industry-... Read More about Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: A Legal Education Perspective.

Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: A Legal Education Perspective (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy into legal education. It presents a module on an undergraduate law degree titled ‘Artificial Intelligence and Law’, highlighting the strategies employed to foster critical... Read More about Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: A Legal Education Perspective.

Unveiling Academic Boredom: Leveraging Generative AI for Ethical and Engaging Learning Experiences in Higher Education (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, C., & Roberts, E. (2024, July). Unveiling Academic Boredom: Leveraging Generative AI for Ethical and Engaging Learning Experiences in Higher Education. Presented at 2024 Teaching & Learning Conference, University of Hull

The integration of emerging technologies, such as Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), are increasingly embedded into the learning, teaching and assessment strategies of undergraduate programmes with a view to instilling a more lively and dyn... Read More about Unveiling Academic Boredom: Leveraging Generative AI for Ethical and Engaging Learning Experiences in Higher Education.

Britain’s first AI politician claims he will bring trust back to politics – so I put him to the test (2024)
Other
Smith, C. (2024). Britain’s first AI politician claims he will bring trust back to politics – so I put him to the test. London

Political parties often like to say their candidates are different from the rest, but Smarter UK’s really is, because he isn’t human – he’s a creation of artificial intelligence (AI). The new political party believes its candidate, AI Steve, can put... Read More about Britain’s first AI politician claims he will bring trust back to politics – so I put him to the test.

Podcast: AI & Society: Beyond the Code (2024)
Other

Reimagining Legal Education in the Age of Generative AI (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. (2024, May). Reimagining Legal Education in the Age of Generative AI. Paper presented at Reimagining Legal Education in the Age of Generative AI, University of Birmingham

Birmingham Law School would like to invite you to a workshop looking at how legal education can respond to the rise of generative AI.

Generative AI is changing the legal profession – future lawyers need to know how to use it (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine

Generative AI – technology such as ChatGPT that creates content when prompted – is affecting how solicitors, judges and barristers work. It’s also likely to change the work they are being asked to do.

Teach AI - AI in the Legal Profession (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. (2024, March). Teach AI - AI in the Legal Profession. Paper presented at AI Fringe, University of Salford

In this presentation, Craig Smith explores the impact of AI on the legal profession, focusing on the roles of judges and solicitors. He discusses how AI can assist with various tasks such as contract drafting, judgment writing, and ethical decision m... Read More about Teach AI - AI in the Legal Profession.

Reimagining legal assessments in the age of generative AI (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine

The rise of generative AI, including tools like ChatGPT, presents a fascinating challenge for legal education, particularly at undergraduate level and concerning the LLB degree. While traditional assessments focused on knowledge recall are under thre... Read More about Reimagining legal assessments in the age of generative AI.

Reflecting on Assessment: Towards an Authentic Identity as a Law Lecturer in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. (2024, February). Reflecting on Assessment: Towards an Authentic Identity as a Law Lecturer in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Paper presented at UEL Learning and Teaching Symposium 2024: Contemporary Issues in Higher Education, University of East London

The intersection of assessment, identity, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting both legal education and the legal profession. We explore an assessment at Level 6, worth 50% of the module mark which is a traditional 2000-word essay and look a... Read More about Reflecting on Assessment: Towards an Authentic Identity as a Law Lecturer in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Reimagining Assessment in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence: A reflection on legal education (2024)
Journal Article

The legal profession and legal education are undergoing a transformation (Pierce and Goutos, 2023) due to the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), marked by the advent of ChatGPT (Henrik, 2023). This has sign... Read More about Reimagining Assessment in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence: A reflection on legal education.

Generative AI in Law: Ethical Challenges and Future Prospects (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine

The benefits of AI, particularly generative AI, have attracted much attention in the press in recent years and its use has become widespread. The long-term impact on the legal sector is still unknown as its use by the legal profession remains under d... Read More about Generative AI in Law: Ethical Challenges and Future Prospects.

Reflecting on Assessment: Towards and Authentic Identity as a Legal Practitioner in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. (2023, September). Reflecting on Assessment: Towards and Authentic Identity as a Legal Practitioner in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The intersection of assessment, identity, and Artificial Intelligence is impacting both legal education and the legal profession. We explore an assessment at Level 6, worth 50% of the module mark which is a traditional 2000-word essay and look at how... Read More about Reflecting on Assessment: Towards and Authentic Identity as a Legal Practitioner in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Using law and licences to supply accessible books to visually impaired students at the University of Chester (2015)
Journal Article
Peters, L., & Smith, C. (2015). Using law and licences to supply accessible books to visually impaired students at the University of Chester. Library and Information Research, 39(121), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.29173/lirg679

Provision of accessible copies of textbooks to visually impaired students has an important role to play in supporting them in their studies, including at university. Recent legislative and copyright licence developments have allowed libraries to supp... Read More about Using law and licences to supply accessible books to visually impaired students at the University of Chester.