Verona Ní Drisceoil, Reader in Legal Education, Jo Wilson, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Jeanette Ashton, Associate Professor in Law, Department of Law, University of Sussex, UK

• ContentsPreface xiiiPART I UNPACKING ‘AUTHENTICITY’ IN, AND FOR,ASSESSMENT1 Introduction: authenticity as the antithesis to artificial 2Verona Ní Drisceoil, Jo Wilson and Jeanette Ashton2 What is authenticity in legal assessment? From a binaryconstruct, to a multi-dimensional spectrum, to a tool ofempowerment? 14Jo Wilson3 Empowerment and widening opportunities through legalassessment: navigating the employability agenda 28Jeanette AshtonPART II GENERATIVE AI, LEGAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT4 Generative AI, legal education and legal practice: the need fora thoughtful reckoning 45Verona Ní Drisceoil5 Responding to the advances in generative AI at programmelevel: multiple interpretations of authenticity in legalassessment required 61Verona Ní DrisceoilPART III CASE STUDIES6 From podcasts to posters: twenty case study examples ofauthenticity in legal assessment 72Jeanette Ashton and Jo Wilson7 Conclusion: authenticity in legal assessment can create andwiden opportunities 165Verona Ní Drisceoil

‘The authors offer a timely and much-needed framework for addressing the complex challenges currently facing assessment design and delivery in legal education. The book invites legal educators to reflect critically on what we assess, why we assess it, and how and when assessment should take place. The analysis and case studies presented offer an invaluable starting point for the review and renewal of assessment strategies within contemporary law schools.’

Verona Ní Drisceoil, Reader in Legal Education, Jo Wilson, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Jeanette Ashton, Associate Professor in Law, Department of Law, University of Sussex, UK

• ContentsPreface xiiiPART I UNPACKING ‘AUTHENTICITY’ IN, AND FOR,ASSESSMENT1 Introduction: authenticity as the antithesis to artificial 2Verona Ní Drisceoil, Jo Wilson and Jeanette Ashton2 What is authenticity in legal assessment? From a binaryconstruct, to a multi-dimensional spectrum, to a tool ofempowerment? 14Jo Wilson3 Empowerment and widening opportunities through legalassessment: navigating the employability agenda 28Jeanette AshtonPART II GENERATIVE AI, LEGAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT4 Generative AI, legal education and legal practice: the need fora thoughtful reckoning 45Verona Ní Drisceoil5 Responding to the advances in generative AI at programmelevel: multiple interpretations of authenticity in legalassessment required 61Verona Ní DrisceoilPART III CASE STUDIES6 From podcasts to posters: twenty case study examples ofauthenticity in legal assessment 72Jeanette Ashton and Jo Wilson7 Conclusion: authenticity in legal assessment can create andwiden opportunities 165Verona Ní Drisceoil

‘The authors offer a timely and much-needed framework for addressing the complex challenges currently facing assessment design and delivery in legal education. The book invites legal educators to reflect critically on what we assess, why we assess it, and how and when assessment should take place. The analysis and case studies presented offer an invaluable starting point for the review and renewal of assessment strategies within contemporary law schools.’

Verona Ní Drisceoil, Reader in Legal Education, Jo Wilson, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Jeanette Ashton, Associate Professor in Law, Department of Law, University of Sussex, UK

• ContentsPreface xiiiPART I UNPACKING ‘AUTHENTICITY’ IN, AND FOR,ASSESSMENT1 Introduction: authenticity as the antithesis to artificial 2Verona Ní Drisceoil, Jo Wilson and Jeanette Ashton2 What is authenticity in legal assessment? From a binaryconstruct, to a multi-dimensional spectrum, to a tool ofempowerment? 14Jo Wilson3 Empowerment and widening opportunities through legalassessment: navigating the employability agenda 28Jeanette AshtonPART II GENERATIVE AI, LEGAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT4 Generative AI, legal education and legal practice: the need fora thoughtful reckoning 45Verona Ní Drisceoil5 Responding to the advances in generative AI at programmelevel: multiple interpretations of authenticity in legalassessment required 61Verona Ní DrisceoilPART III CASE STUDIES6 From podcasts to posters: twenty case study examples ofauthenticity in legal assessment 72Jeanette Ashton and Jo Wilson7 Conclusion: authenticity in legal assessment can create andwiden opportunities 165Verona Ní Drisceoil

‘The authors offer a timely and much-needed framework for addressing the complex challenges currently facing assessment design and delivery in legal education. The book invites legal educators to reflect critically on what we assess, why we assess it, and how and when assessment should take place. The analysis and case studies presented offer an invaluable starting point for the review and renewal of assessment strategies within contemporary law schools.’