Mississippi College School of Law became one of the first in the Southeast to require AI education for incoming students, implementing a mandatory first-year AI course as reported by Mississippi Today. The school’s dean said the program is designed to teach students to use AI effectively, efficiently, and ethically—aimed at reducing shortcuts and legal errors seen in earlier public AI headlines. The requirement expands beyond optional AI offerings, placing AI literacy inside the institution’s foundational legal curriculum. For other law schools and professional programs, the move signals how quickly AI training expectations are shifting from skills workshops to required coursework tied to professional responsibility. The policy development also raises follow-on questions for higher education governance: who teaches AI content, how faculty workload is managed, and how institutions validate competence while keeping academic integrity and ethical guidance aligned with evolving AI tools.