A/Prof Narrelle Morris
@narrellemorris.bsky.social
Curtin Law School. Legal history, statutory interpretation, research and writing. Japan. Permanently at risk of being squashed by books in my office.
Pinned
My article “Current Approaches to the Use of Generative AI in Australian Courts and Tribunals: Should Australian Judges Have Guidelines Too?” is now out in the Journal of Judicial Administration!
Short answer: yes.
Slightly longer answer: nobody should be using it for legal research or writing.
Short answer: yes.
Slightly longer answer: nobody should be using it for legal research or writing.
Remedies texts need urgent updating for 2026
the government forcing the wiggles to do a podcast episode as punishment really shifts the Overton window of regulatory enforcement possibilities
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Remedies texts need urgent updating for 2026
Reposted by A/Prof Narrelle Morris
Heads up research nerds; JSTOR is running a survey that includes questions about AI use in research and your perspective about the JSTOR database.
Now would be a good time to let them know what you think about AI inclusion in teaching and research
#academic #history #JSTOR #AI
Now would be a good time to let them know what you think about AI inclusion in teaching and research
#academic #history #JSTOR #AI
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by A/Prof Narrelle Morris
HOLY. FUCK.
#LegalEthics Tidbit: OK, #AI is not reliable for legal research. But it’s really good at accurately summarizing documents, right? RIGHT!?
In response to a summary judgement motion, a TX plaintiff’s lawyer wanted to submit a witness affidavit that compared ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/ePra8vFB
#lawsky #law
In response to a summary judgement motion, a TX plaintiff’s lawyer wanted to submit a witness affidavit that compared ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/ePra8vFB
#lawsky #law
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
HOLY. FUCK.
Hanging out at Murdoch Uni before a mtg and listening to two loud students discuss Gen AI. “I used it a bit but don’t want to jump in too far or I’ll never do my own work again”.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Hanging out at Murdoch Uni before a mtg and listening to two loud students discuss Gen AI. “I used it a bit but don’t want to jump in too far or I’ll never do my own work again”.
OMG, work laptop has updated and Copilot is everywhere trying to "help"! The standard instructions for turning Copilot off in Word by going to Options simply don't work, as there is no option for Copilot showing! The icon in the ribbon has no unable or turn off option! How tf do I get rid of this?!?
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
OMG, work laptop has updated and Copilot is everywhere trying to "help"! The standard instructions for turning Copilot off in Word by going to Options simply don't work, as there is no option for Copilot showing! The icon in the ribbon has no unable or turn off option! How tf do I get rid of this?!?
Back from long service leave and upon my desk the glory of the print version of my new article "Current Approaches to the Use of Generative AI in Australian Courts and Tribunals: Should Australian Judges have Guidelines Too?" anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie5...
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Back from long service leave and upon my desk the glory of the print version of my new article "Current Approaches to the Use of Generative AI in Australian Courts and Tribunals: Should Australian Judges have Guidelines Too?" anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie5...
I wouldnt ordinarily rubbish another scholar’s publication but a 23 page article that claims to be a comprehensive literature review presenting a new and critical viewpoint on the IMTFE is ludicrous and that’s even before you get to the undergrad level of insight …
oxfordre.com/internationa...
oxfordre.com/internationa...
oxfordre.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I wouldnt ordinarily rubbish another scholar’s publication but a 23 page article that claims to be a comprehensive literature review presenting a new and critical viewpoint on the IMTFE is ludicrous and that’s even before you get to the undergrad level of insight …
oxfordre.com/internationa...
oxfordre.com/internationa...
Baffles me why the ABC reports in this fashion of “serious issue occurring in one state of Australia”, when the issue is endemic and a risk to courts everywhere.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Legal errors raise questions over AI use in Victorian courtrooms
The use of artificial intelligence to prepare court documents raises questions in the legal profession about its use and misuse in the industry.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Baffles me why the ABC reports in this fashion of “serious issue occurring in one state of Australia”, when the issue is endemic and a risk to courts everywhere.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Grace’s review is pure literary magic.
People read this. It is a takedown of a racist book written by a racist who thinks he is the solution to Australia's problem, i.e, the one he manufactures. The review of Tony Abbott's book is clear and acerbic and funny.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21955/...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21955/...
Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia
Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Grace’s review is pure literary magic.
As a Curtin academic I make no comment at all on this, apart from suggesting that any Australian academic might want to compare their EBA wording with ours on workload parameters in light of this new FWC decision AGAINST Curtin. Remedy as yet unclear. www.fwc.gov.au/document-sea...
www.fwc.gov.au
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
As a Curtin academic I make no comment at all on this, apart from suggesting that any Australian academic might want to compare their EBA wording with ours on workload parameters in light of this new FWC decision AGAINST Curtin. Remedy as yet unclear. www.fwc.gov.au/document-sea...
Reposted by A/Prof Narrelle Morris
As a supervising attorney, I am here to tell young lawyers that AI is absolutely a threat to your career. I do not mean that it will replace you. I mean that if you use it, you increase the risk that another attorney will replace you when you are fired. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
As a supervising attorney, I am here to tell young lawyers that AI is absolutely a threat to your career. I do not mean that it will replace you. I mean that if you use it, you increase the risk that another attorney will replace you when you are fired. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Got AI to fix it, did they? How many revisions will it take before “oversight failure” ceases to be accepted by the govt?
Claw every dollar back and ban Deloitte from govt consulting and tenders.
Better yet, sue them for breach of contract or prosecute them for fraud.
Claw every dollar back and ban Deloitte from govt consulting and tenders.
Better yet, sue them for breach of contract or prosecute them for fraud.
It's still going. The republished Deloitte report into the Targeted Compliance Framework is STILL full of slop references. How long is it going to take the Albanese Government to do something about this?
✍️ @paulkarp.bsky.social
✍️ @paulkarp.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Got AI to fix it, did they? How many revisions will it take before “oversight failure” ceases to be accepted by the govt?
Claw every dollar back and ban Deloitte from govt consulting and tenders.
Better yet, sue them for breach of contract or prosecute them for fraud.
Claw every dollar back and ban Deloitte from govt consulting and tenders.
Better yet, sue them for breach of contract or prosecute them for fraud.
“Tech companies have pushed faulty Gen AI that cannot do what is claimed into every sector, boosted by media uncritically accepting hyped up claims of productivity, but really its employers to blame for AI workslop because they aren’t investing enough in it”.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
AI tools churn out ‘workslop’ for many US employees lowering trust | Gene Marks
Studies show widespread errors in AI-generated work, as employers fail to train staff properly
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Tech companies have pushed faulty Gen AI that cannot do what is claimed into every sector, boosted by media uncritically accepting hyped up claims of productivity, but really its employers to blame for AI workslop because they aren’t investing enough in it”.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reposted by A/Prof Narrelle Morris
Does your university have a contract with Grammarly? Write to the decision-maker asking if they think the university should be paying for a tool that is fast integrating features that can only be used for academic misconduct and cognitive offloading and request they drop the contract.
It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
October 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Does your university have a contract with Grammarly? Write to the decision-maker asking if they think the university should be paying for a tool that is fast integrating features that can only be used for academic misconduct and cognitive offloading and request they drop the contract.
Reposted by A/Prof Narrelle Morris
Recently gave a colleague feedback on a paper that was partly written with ChatGPT. What did I learn from this and how should we deal with cases like this? Here are some thoughts 🧵(1/x)
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Recently gave a colleague feedback on a paper that was partly written with ChatGPT. What did I learn from this and how should we deal with cases like this? Here are some thoughts 🧵(1/x)
Reposted by A/Prof Narrelle Morris
How we ‘fess up when we mess up shows who we are. Pay it all back Deloitte. And apologise. Give yrsrlf some procurement teeth Labor: the capability to ban for poor behaviour, commensurate with the misdemeanour, up to 5 yrs.
October 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
How we ‘fess up when we mess up shows who we are. Pay it all back Deloitte. And apologise. Give yrsrlf some procurement teeth Labor: the capability to ban for poor behaviour, commensurate with the misdemeanour, up to 5 yrs.
Reposted by A/Prof Narrelle Morris
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
You’re kidding us, right? Reporting on AI and not aware UNTIL
NOW about Gen AI “hallucinations”? Is this what happens when you only read press releases from the AI boosters and don’t stop to think about any of their claims?
www.smh.com.au/business/wor...
NOW about Gen AI “hallucinations”? Is this what happens when you only read press releases from the AI boosters and don’t stop to think about any of their claims?
www.smh.com.au/business/wor...
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
You’re kidding us, right? Reporting on AI and not aware UNTIL
NOW about Gen AI “hallucinations”? Is this what happens when you only read press releases from the AI boosters and don’t stop to think about any of their claims?
www.smh.com.au/business/wor...
NOW about Gen AI “hallucinations”? Is this what happens when you only read press releases from the AI boosters and don’t stop to think about any of their claims?
www.smh.com.au/business/wor...
Isn’t it fascinating that whenever a data privacy breach happens, whether it’s uploading to ChatGPT or files mysteriously showing up in a bin, it’s always a “contractor” that’s to blame?
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Isn’t it fascinating that whenever a data privacy breach happens, whether it’s uploading to ChatGPT or files mysteriously showing up in a bin, it’s always a “contractor” that’s to blame?
It should come with a ban on govt consultancy or tendering, not just a refund.
#BREAKING 🚨 Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report into mutual obligations issues.
Fake quotes from Federal Court case that ended Robodebt deleted from new report in Friday DEWR dump.
📰 AFR
✍️ @paulkarp.bsky.social
✍️ @edmundtadros.bsky.social
🗣️ @chrisrudge.bsky.social
Fake quotes from Federal Court case that ended Robodebt deleted from new report in Friday DEWR dump.
📰 AFR
✍️ @paulkarp.bsky.social
✍️ @edmundtadros.bsky.social
🗣️ @chrisrudge.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It should come with a ban on govt consultancy or tendering, not just a refund.
Doesn’t use my new article below but an interesting resd.
My question to those thinking Gen AI will replace research skills is how do you think law students will understand the fundamentals of what legal research is, and requires, if reduced to simply prompt an AI.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
My question to those thinking Gen AI will replace research skills is how do you think law students will understand the fundamentals of what legal research is, and requires, if reduced to simply prompt an AI.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Doesn’t use my new article below but an interesting resd.
My question to those thinking Gen AI will replace research skills is how do you think law students will understand the fundamentals of what legal research is, and requires, if reduced to simply prompt an AI.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
My question to those thinking Gen AI will replace research skills is how do you think law students will understand the fundamentals of what legal research is, and requires, if reduced to simply prompt an AI.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
99.999999% of international law experts say that it is but ABC News by all means let’s “both sides this” by posing it as a question.
October 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
99.999999% of international law experts say that it is but ABC News by all means let’s “both sides this” by posing it as a question.
This is one of the lesser known (but tragic) consequences of Gen AI. It’s not just about theft of IP, which is usually mentioned, it’s about damage to the information infrastructure of underfunded archives, libraries and museums etc. with long term consequences for them and for researchers.
by the way, all those benign AI bots crawling the internet for for-profit LLMs, yeah it turns out when 9,000 hit your archive catalogue or image database all at once they break the system. This is an emerging sector issue.
The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...
The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...
October 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is one of the lesser known (but tragic) consequences of Gen AI. It’s not just about theft of IP, which is usually mentioned, it’s about damage to the information infrastructure of underfunded archives, libraries and museums etc. with long term consequences for them and for researchers.
Notably blameshifting excuses given the level of professional guidance and media coverage about the hazards of Gen AI in legal work.
More interesting: clear indicators that both Westlaw and Lexis AI legal research products, as already known, similarly “hallucinate”.
More interesting: clear indicators that both Westlaw and Lexis AI legal research products, as already known, similarly “hallucinate”.
Spent many (many!) hours pulling legal explanations and apologies from lawyers who were caught using AI that hallucinated in which they explained to a judge why they used AI. The explanations are astonishing and extremely good:
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It
Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Notably blameshifting excuses given the level of professional guidance and media coverage about the hazards of Gen AI in legal work.
More interesting: clear indicators that both Westlaw and Lexis AI legal research products, as already known, similarly “hallucinate”.
More interesting: clear indicators that both Westlaw and Lexis AI legal research products, as already known, similarly “hallucinate”.