Relativity: Training Tomorrow’s Lawyers on Gen AI
Relativity, a legal data intelligence company, has announced it has expanded Relativity Academic, its programme providing education to law and paralegal students, with access to the generative AI-powered solutions in its aiR suite. Beginning in June, the Relativity Academic program curriculum will include modules covering large language models, generative AI, and how to use aiR for Review, aiR for Case Strategy, and aiR for Privilege.
“This incorporation of aiR solutions into the Relativity Academic curriculum goes beyond our proven dedication to expanding access to technology. This move is emblematic of our trust and investment in the next generation of legal talent,” said Phil Saunders, CEO of Relativity. “The future of the legal profession is an AI-ready one, and we want to further support the legal leaders of tomorrow with the knowledge and skill sets they need to enter the workforce with confidence.”
According to the 2025 State of the Legal Industry report from SurePoint Technologies, law firms are increasingly recruiting legal professionals with AI expertise. Further, the report found that lateral hiring in the AI speciality grew 68% across all attorney types at Am Law 200 firms between 2024 and 2025, and associate lateral hiring increased by 106%. Relativity recognises the importance of technology and AI proficiency in the hiring process, and its academic program aims to equip students with the first-hand experience needed to differentiate themselves from peers.
“The Relativity Academic Program has been a boon to e-discovery education for over a decade, giving students not just conceptual grounding but genuine hands-on experience with the tools they will use in practice. Now, true to form, Relativity has stepped up to meet the watershed moment that generative AI represents for the profession,” said William F. Hamilton, Master Legal Skills Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. “Adding aiR into the Academic Program does something essential: it moves students beyond awareness of generative AI into actual engagement with it, learning to interact with the technology, evaluate its outputs, and exercise the judgment that defines good lawyering. That capacity to think critically and judge wisely is the skill that will carry our students, and our profession, into the future.”
Since it was established in 2012, the Relativity Academic program has partnered with more than 115 universities, law schools, paralegal and data science programs across the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and select Asian and European countries, equipping over 3,000 students in the past year with practical experience using the same technology relied on by corporations, law firms, and government agencies.
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Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company that builds technology to help users organise data, discover the truth, and act on it.