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Miranda De La Torre is the AI and Legal Technology Fellow at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, where I develop AI literacy programs for courts, law schools, and legal practitioners. My goal is to build a career at the leading edge of how law and technology evolve together, and this fellowship is where that work begins in earnest. I'm drawn to work that sits at the intersection of education, access to justice, and emerging technology. I earned my J.D. from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 2025, with a Certificate in Law, Science, and Technology. I hold a B.A. in Economics from the University of British Columbia, which shaped how I think about systems, incentives, and policy. I have passed the Uniform Bar Examination, the MPRE, and character and fitness review, and am pending admission to the Arizona State Bar. Before my fellowship, I clerked at Consumer Attorneys PLC, drafting motions and managing civil litigation matters from complaint through discovery. I also served as a Teaching Aide for ASU's Master of Legal Studies program, assisting with instruction in Employment Law, Tort Law, and Legal Analysis. Both experiences grounded me in how the legal profession actually works, and why it needs better tool.

Before Judgment: AI and the Developmental Gap in Legal Formation

Miranda De La Torre, AI and Legal Technology Fellow at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, discusses the complex challenges of new lawyers now learning powerful systems on the job, often without clear institutional guidance, shared professional norms, or confidence in their own ability to supervise the output.

Subjects: AI, Continuing Legal Education, Legal Education, Legal Profession, Legal Research