Legal Education in Thailand: Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty - First Century

Abstract

This article examines the present situation of legal education, taking place in various law schools in Thailand. In addition, the article considers the impact of digital technologies on legal education in the twenty-first century.  This article also focuses on the challenges and issues of “disruptive technology” arising from artificial intelligence technology in the context of teaching methods and students practical experience in legal education. It is found that the digitalisation of the legal education system, namely, fast-growing innovation technology such as ChatGPT and its influence has brought new methods and approaches for the teaching-learning process. Hence, artificial intelligence technology provides an opportunity to revitalise and modernise legal education. The article concludes that the emerging presence of digital technologies in legal education is inescapable as the era of legal technology or “Legal Tech” is becoming a crucial part of modern lawyers. Legal Tech education should take part at university level to instill in young lawyers a taste of progressive technologies from the student’s life. As a result, it is important to prepare law students for those changes by encouraging students’ creativity and their communicative skills.