Sean Harrington

Director, AI and Legal Technology Lab,

Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Mail Code: 9620 111 E. Taylor St. Ste 350A Office 350E - Law Library PHOENIX, AZ 85004-4467
Mail code: 9520

Campus: Phoenix
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Long Bio

I'm the Director of the new AI & Legal Tech Studio at the LSI. My passion lies at the intersection of AI & Law.

Education

B.A. UCLA, English Literature
J.D. Thomas Jefferson School of Law
M.L.I.S. University of Arizona
M.S. Data Analytics and Program Evaluation, ASU

CV

Curriculum Vitae

Research Website URL

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-574X

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ztROiM4AAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interests

AI and Law, Computer Science and Law, Large Language Models, AI

Publications

Sean A. Harrington & Andy Kim, Anatomy of a Prompt: Real Training for Using AI, ALM 2025
OpenAI Global Affairs, Featuring Sean Harrington: Using ChatGPT in Law School, LinkedIn 2025
Sean Harrington & Hayley Stillwell, Michael Scott Is Not a Juror: The Limits of AI in Simulating Human Judgment, UNT DALLAS L. REV. ON THE CUSP, 2025
Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence and the Law, Document Review Section (forthcoming 2025)
Sean Harrington, Jonathan Franklin, Christine Park, “Evaluating the Evaluators - The Role of Benchmarks in Legal AI” AALL Spectrum, 2025
"Introducing QuizBot an Innovative AI-Assisted Assessment in Legal Education", SSRN, 2024
"The Case for Large Language Model Optimism in Legal Research from a Law & Technology Librarian", SSRN, 2023
"The Ultimate Study Partner: Using A Custom Chatbot To Optimize Student Studying During Law School", SSRN, 2023

Courses

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
LAW 691	Seminar

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
LAW 791	Seminar

Editorships

SWALL Bulletin 2022

Professional Associations

American Association of Law Librarians Member (2019+)

Southwest Association of Law Librarians (SWALL) (2020+)

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

AALL Mentor (2021+)

Work History

San Diego Office of the Public Defender
Externship, 2011

Service

Hawai'i Office of the Attorneys General Speaker Series, Practical Considerations for AI in Legal Research and Writing (May 24, 2023)

Webinar, Practical Considerations for AI in the Legal Writing Classroom, (May 23, 2023)

AALL Innovations in Technology Award Jury (2022-2023)

AALL Webinar Presentation: Video on Videos: Creative Approaches to Online Law Library Tours (ALL-SIS) (2022)

SWALL Conference Panel Discussion: So What About the Next Shutdown? Electronic Resources Questions, Answers, Challenges, and (Wild) Predictions (2022)

Public Relations and Publications Committee, Chair (2021-2022)

Webmaster for SWALLChapter.org (2021-2023)

Industry Positions

University of Oklahoma College of Law, Director of Technology Innovation (2023-2025)

Pro Bono

Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Domestic Violence Clinic

Expertise Areas

Artificial Intelligence

Law and Literature