The Teacher in the Machine: What AI Reveals About How Lawyers Learn

Cleary Gottlieb associate Isabella Dominguez authored the article, “The Teacher in the Machine: What AI Reveals About How Lawyers Learn,” published by Abogadas MX.

Isabella discusses the gap between how law school teaches and how legal practice actually works, and how AI can help fill it. Drawing on her background as a teacher-turned-New York City lawyer, she argues that AI functions less like a tool and more like an always-available, ego-free colleague. Her central message is that lawyers who use AI intentionally, not as a shortcut, but as a way to think and learn more effectively, will have a real advantage.

Abogadas MX is a nonprofit association fostering the professional development of female lawyers in Mexico.

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