Sean Harrington

Director, AI and Legal Technology Lab,

Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Mail Code: 9620 111 E. Taylor St. Ste 224 BCLS Office 224 - LSI PHOENIX, AZ 85004-4467
Mail code: 9520

Campus: Phoenix
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Long Bio

Sean A. Harrington is the Director of the AI & Legal Tech Studio at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. A 2025 vLex Fastcase 50 honoree and recipient of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Exemplary Service Award, he is a nationally recognized leader in the integration of artificial intelligence and legal practice. His work spans AI-assisted legal education, benchmarking legal AI tools, and developing innovative applications such as a juror simulation platform (patent pending). He holds a J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, an M.S. in Data Analytics and Program Evaluation from ASU, an M.L.I.S. from the University of Arizona, and a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA. He is a member of the OpenAI Education Forum and a frequent speaker at national conferences including ABA Techshow, AALL, ILTACon, and NAAG events.

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

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

Artificial Intelligence and Law, Legal Technology, Large Language Models, Benchmarking Legal AI, AI-Assisted Legal Education, Wearable Technology in Law, Agentic AI, Prompt Engineering, Access to Justice and Technology

Publications

Harrington, Sean A., The Structural Barriers to AI Lawyers, Diffuse AI (forthcoming 2026)
Harrington, Sean A., The Wearable Revolution: How Glasses, Pendants, and Always-On AI Are Poised to Transform Legal Practice, ABA
Harrington, Sean A., How to Crash the Legal Tech Market, 3 Geeks and a Law, 2026
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

Research Activity

Juror Simulation with Professor Hayley Stillwell (Patent Pending)
ASU Law Student AI Workshop with Assessment and Certification (2026)
Practice-Ready AI: Legal Applications and Innovation – Course Development (2026)
AI & the Practice of Law – Course (Fall 2024)
OU Law Digital Initiative Artificial Intelligence Workshop (June 2025)

Courses

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
LAW 691	Seminar

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
LAW 791	Seminar

Presentations

2026

AI4U Podcast – AI in Law Schools (Brian Piper)
ABA Techshow – Wired for Justice: Wearable and Augmented Tech for a Law Practice
ABA Techshow – Anatomy of a Prompt: Real Training for Using AI
Legal Week NYC – Prompting Workshop
Clio – AI Foundations for Lawyers, Spring Training Camp
ABA Communications Law Conference – AI "How To" Lunch
National Association of Attorneys General – Local AI Lunch Workshop
ABA Journal – Law Librarians and AI

2025