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Seth J. Chandler
Professor of Law
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons College Professorship
Director, Center on AI, Law and the Legal Profession
University of Houston Law Center
Biography
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A.B., Princeton University; J.D., Harvard University
Seth J. Chandler is a Professor of Law and holds the Beirne, Maynard & Parsons College Professorship at the University of Houston Law Center. He specializes in constitutional law and the application of mathematics and computer science to law and was recently voted one of the Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia for 2026, by The National Law Review and Wickard. Professor Chandler was a first-year winner of the Innovator Award from Wolfram Research, received the President’s Medal from Loyola University for extraordinary service in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and has been called on twice to testify before Congress on the Affordable Care Act.
Professor Chandler has a broad Internet presence, including his blog legaled.ai, the leading blog on AI in legal education, a YouTube Channel for his course Analytic Methods for Lawyers, and websites for his courses, including llms4l.netlify.app. He practiced with Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles and Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. before beginning his academic career in 1990 at the UH Law Center. Professor Chandler teaches constitutional law, insurance law, Analytic Methods for Lawyers, and other courses.
A.B., Princeton University; J.D., Harvard University
Seth J. Chandler is a Professor of Law and holds the Beirne, Maynard & Parsons College Professorship at the University of Houston Law Center. He specializes in constitutional law and the application of mathematics and computer science to law and was recently voted one of the Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia for 2026, by The National Law Review and Wickard. Professor Chandler was a first-year winner of the Innovator Award from Wolfram Research, received the President’s Medal from Loyola University for extraordinary service in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and has been called on twice to testify before Congress on the Affordable Care Act.
Professor Chandler has a broad Internet presence, including his blog legaled.ai, the leading blog on AI in legal education, a YouTube Channel for his course Analytic Methods for Lawyers, and websites for his courses, including llms4l.netlify.app. He practiced with Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles and Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. before beginning his academic career in 1990 at the UH Law Center. Professor Chandler teaches constitutional law, insurance law, Analytic Methods for Lawyers, and other courses.
Courses
COURSES:
Contracts
Health Law
Insurance Law
Life and Health Insurance
Law and Economics
Contracts
Health Law
Insurance Law
Life and Health Insurance
Law and Economics
