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# Law School Teaching Syllabus
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### FOIA, Evidence, and Responsible AI
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## Course Module Title
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**Public Records, FOIA, and AI-Assisted Legal Research**
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## Learning Objectives
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Students will:
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- Understand FOIA Electronic Reading Rooms
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- Practice Bluebook citation of government records
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- Evaluate AI-assisted research ethically
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- Distinguish evidence from analysis
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## Required Tool
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**Federal FOIA Intelligence Search**
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## Week 1 — FOIA Foundations
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- FOIA statutory framework
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- Agency reading rooms
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- Redaction and exemptions
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## Week 2 — Evidence & Citation
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- Bluebook rules for government documents
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- Exhibit numbering
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- Tables of Authorities
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## Week 3 — AI as Research Assistant
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- AI opt-in ethics
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- Hallucination risks
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- Disclosure requirements
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## Week 4 — Litigation Appendix Exercise
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Students generate:
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- Exhibit appendix
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- Citation list
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- Integrity hashes
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## Ethics Discussion
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Topics:
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- AI misuse in litigation
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- Transparency vs automation
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- Professional responsibility
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## Assessment
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✔ Citation accuracy
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✔ Ethical reasoning
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✔ Source verification
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## Instructor Note
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AI outputs are explicitly **not admissible evidence**.
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