Singapore's NUS Law adopts Lucio to prepare students for a profession already being reshaped by AI

Singapore, June 8, 2026 - Lucio AI today announced a partnership with the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law (NUS Law) that will put legal-specific AI directly into the hands of students and faculty. Beginning in the AY2026/2027 academic year, the entire NUS Law community will have access to the Lucio platform, the same category of tooling now used by law firms and in-house legal teams.

The aim is straightforward: graduates should not encounter professional legal AI for the first time on the job. By embedding Lucio into the curriculum and research environment, NUS Law is giving its students room to learn these tools deliberately. This is so students become AI literate and understand what they can do with AI, where their limits lie, and how to use such technology responsibly.

What sets this apart from handing students a general-purpose chatbot is the nature of the tool itself. Lucio is built for legal work specifically, so students are producing work to professional standards. Through Lucio Assistant, they can research faster, draft more effectively, and turn dense, complex material into structured and usable output. In short, students get to work the way modern legal teams already do.

Crucially, the experience is hands-on rather than theoretical. A student might lean on Lucio to break a problem into its parts, condense a lengthy judgment, weigh competing arguments, produce a first-pass memo, or test how a clause could be framed. Then students can do the essential work of interrogating that output: pressure-testing it against authority, catching what's missing, verifying accuracy, and sharpening it with their own judgement. AI accelerates the work; the lawyer still owns it.

For faculty, the platform opens up new ground for research while offering a window into how students actually engage with AI in their learning. This is an insight that NUS Law can channel back into its teaching, shaping a pedagogy that sharpens reasoning and judgement rather than substituting for them. Access and training will be coordinated through NUS Libraries, who will fold the platform into their existing information literacy programmes.

Professor Andrew Simester, Dean of NUS Law, noted how AI is increasingly influencing how legal work is carried out, and that legal education must prepare students to engage meaningfully with these developments. He added, "Giving students access to AI tools is not about replacing the foundational skills and judgement that lie at the heart of legal education. Rather, it is about ensuring that our students become familiar with how such tools may be used and understand that their outputs must be assessed critically and responsibly. We are very grateful to Lucio for supporting us in this endeavour."

"The lawyers coming out of NUS will enter a profession already shaped by AI. The question is whether they arrive prepared," said Vasu Aggarwal, Co-Founder of Lucio AI. "With this partnership, we're making sure they do. We will equip them with the skills to use AI effectively, challenge it intelligently, and deliver defensible work they can stand behind from day one."

"NUS is one of the highest-quality law schools globally, and we're genuinely excited to partner with an institution that sets the standard for legal education," said Darsan Guruvayurappan, Co-Founder of Lucio AI. "Our goal is simple: when NUS graduates step into practice, they should already be familiar with the tools, understand best practices in legal AI, and be able to contribute from day one without a steep learning curve."

About Lucio AI

Lucio AI is a legal intelligence workspace that helps law firms work faster, smarter, and with greater precision. Its product suite spanning research, drafting, review, and workflow management is designed for the realities of modern legal practice. For more information, visit lucioai.com.