Since the start of the year, The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London and Lucio AI have been working together to prepare law students and staff for the realities of AI in legal practice. Two terms in, the School's AI Literacy Initiative, a flexible, non-credit development opportunity open to every law student and staff member, has established itself as a practical model for how legal education can keep pace with rapid technological change.

Designed to help learners engage with AI critically, safely, and effectively, the initiative responds to sector-wide change as the technology becomes embedded across legal education, training, and professional practice. The initiative is self-paced and exploratory, allowing participants to engage on their own terms and without academic pressure. It brings together three core elements that have run throughout the year:

1. Hands-on access to leading legal AI platforms used in practice today, including Lucio AI (one of four vetted platforms), supporting workflows such as research, review and drafting.

2. Practitioner-led workshops, offering firsthand insight into the tools themselves and into how firms across the sector are adopting and integrating AI into day-to-day legal work.

3. A self-paced online course (AI Literacy for Law), covering core concepts, real-world applications, effective prompting, and emerging regulatory issues.

Together, these elements have given learners a grounded, practical understanding of how AI is reshaping the legal profession, moving well beyond theory into hands-on capability.

"Artificial intelligence is crucial for the next generation of lawyers," said Professor Dan Hunter. "What this initiative shows is that, with the right structure and guidance, students learn to question AI, refine it, and stand behind their work. Legal education is now moving beyond theory to practice."

Lucio AI has been central to the initiative since the start of the year, giving students a platform purpose-built for legal workflows and helping them move past generic AI usage toward producing structured, defensible outputs aligned with professional standards.

"As a purpose-led legal innovation company, we build tools that reflect how legal work actually gets done," said Vasu Aggarwal, Co-Founder of Lucio AI. "Working alongside King's College London over the past two terms, we've seen students move from experimentation to real capability, and that's the clearest sign this collaboration is working. We're proud of the progress so far and excited to keep building on it."

Darsan Guruvayurappan, Co-Founder of Lucio AI, added: "Most students can use general-purpose AI tools, but that doesn't translate into professional-grade work. What we've seen through this collaboration is that gap closing, as students learn to ground AI in actual legal workflows and produce outputs that meet the standards of legal practice."

The AI Literacy Initiative reflects a broader shift in legal education, from teaching students about AI to actively preparing them to work alongside it. By opening structured, practical AI learning to every student and staff member, King's College London is setting a new benchmark for how law schools can prepare graduates for a profession undergoing rapid technological transformation. As the collaboration continues, both partners see it as a foundation to build on rather than a finished piece of work.

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