Hooked on AI

I remember getting hooked on Westlaw in law school because it was free and comprehensive—by the time I reached my firm, I defaulted to it over LexisNexis purely from muscle memory. Harvey’s new alliance program with Stanford, UCLA, NYU, Michigan, and Notre Dame follows this exact playbook, and it’s working exactly as intended. The reasoning here goes beyond student marketing. When you embed a tool into someone’s learning process, you’re shaping their professional instincts. Those Stanford 1Ls learning to draft contracts with Harvey’s interface won’t just remember the software; they’ll adopt its approach to legal reasoning. By the time they are midlevel associates with procurement influence, Harvey becomes the way law gets done rather than just another vendor to evaluate. This works because legal education creates lasting habits. Students develop research routines, drafting methods, and analytical shortcuts that stay with them throughout their careers. Harvey knows that winning mindshare early on is better than competing for attention later. For more insights on where AI, regulation, and the practice of law are headed next, visit kenpriore.com.