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#42: Trial by Algorithm: How AI-Powered Trial Prep Is Shaping a New Generation of Advocates
Episode 42
Thursday, 9 July, 2026

New litigators dread unscripted moments: witnesses who answer in ways they never prepared for, or objections that land in the middle of a question. In the latest episode of Real Cases, Professor Katherine Donoghue and Carson Sadro explain how Stetson's trial advocacy program is using AI to rehearse those exact moments before students face them in a courtroom or a mock trial. Their custom GPTs play witnesses, let young attorneys rerun cross examinations, and even pepper students with objections, including wrong ones they have to recognize and rebut in four sentences. We talk about why repetition is the real engine behind courtroom skill, and why they tell students to be wrong in the simulation, before they're wrong in front of a judge.