The law moves slowly by design. AI doesn't. That collision is producing some of the most consequential—and unresolved—questions of our time: Who's liable when an algorithm makes a mistake? How do you regulate a technology that rewrites itself? What does precedent even mean when the landscape shifts overnight?
These are exactly the types of questions Kevin Frazier built a program around at Texas Law. As the inaugural AI & Innovation Law Fellow and head of the new AI Innovation & Law Program, Frazier is confronting one of the most urgent challenges facing the legal profession head-on.
“Our focus is making sure that we are not just trying to apply yesterday’s law to tomorrow’s technology,” says Frazier, “but instead trying to be on the vanguard of how AI is going to change the legal profession, and how legal institutions should change in response to AI.”
Frazier worked in state policy and at Google, noticing a widening gulf between the tech industry and the people tasked with regulating it. He set out to develop the AI Innovation & Law Program with a clear two-part mission.
First, to position Texas Law at the forefront of developing new legal theories around AI. On the Scaling Laws podcast, Frazier explores topics such as AI’s energy use and impact on the economy, and speaks with industry leaders and regulators alike. The program has also launched the AI Opportunity Inventory, a collection of positive use cases of AI technology intended to “foster collaboration, direct resources effectively, and inform policy that accelerates innovation for the public good.”
The second is more practical: making sure law students and faculty are actually fluent in the tools that are reshaping their field, from AI-assisted research to student-led office hours focused on hands-on experimentation.
For students, the program isn't just an academic exercise—it's preparation for a profession that is evolving at warp speed. A cohort of student fellows, whom Frazier calls "AI Wranglers," are already working with in Austin’s AI community to survey startups and advise on what actions the Texas Legislature can take to lead on AI innovation. Students are getting hands-on time with the tools reshaping legal research, drafting, and strategy—and doing it in one of the world's fastest-moving tech hubs with direct access to the innovators shaping the future of the field.
“We are thinking through how to help shape policy that embraces AI innovation,” Frazier explains, "rather than trying to slow AI down to the speed of the law as we know it.” That spirit—curious, entrepreneurial, and future focused is exactly what the moment calls for.
Interested in the future of AI and law? Click here to learn more about Texas Law’s AI Innovation & Law Program and explore courses, events, and opportunities to engage with one of the most important legal issues of our time.
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