Priya's Wednesday, Two Ways

Priya, a second-year law student at a state university.

Priya starts her Wednesday with a stack of cases for her constitutional law class. She opens ChatGPT and uses the Case Reading & Briefing prompt on a recent Supreme Court opinion about free speech. She asks for a plain-English brief and then checks the parties, facts, issues, and holding against her own notes. She catches one detail she missed.

Next, she moves to her criminal law outline. She uses the Legal Concept Outlining prompt to organize the rules for felony murder and the exceptions. The AI suggests a structure, but Priya notices a gap in the mens rea section. She fills it in with her casebook.

After lunch, she has a memo due for her legal writing class. She uses the Legal Memo Drafting prompt to plan the question presented and brief answer. She drafts the analysis herself, then asks Claude to check for clarity. Later, she uses the Moot Court Preparation prompt to rehearse answers to questions from the bench for her upcoming competition.

By 5 p.m., Priya has finished her reading, outline, memo plan, and moot court practice. She uses the extra hour to meet a friend for a walk and then goes to the library to read a case for fun. She feels more prepared and less rushed than usual.