AI Class Sparks Intern’s Time-Saving Legal Tool for Fortune 500 Company
Ayo Bowman, a 3L student at Rutgers Law School in Newark, entered Professor David Kemp’s class “Generative AI Skills for Lawyers” knowing nothing about AI, yet he left with the knowledge and drive to build an award-winning AI tool for the Fortune 500 company, S&P Global.
While working a summer internship at S&P Global, Bowman identified a problem: the legal team was spending valuable time reviewing a high volume of low-risk routine non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) — time that could be used for more strategic work. He entered the company’s Interns Innovation Challenge with a mission to fix the bottleneck that he observed by creating an AI tool to make the process more efficient.
“The project is an AI-powered NDA analyzer designed to help in-house legal teams quickly review and flag risks in non-disclosure agreements,” said Bowman. “At its core, it uses large language models to evaluate incoming NDAs against S&P Global's internal contracting policies — spotting red flags … It doesn't just summarize, it actually maps contract language to legal risk categories in plain English, which makes it more useful for cross-functional teams.”
As his internship came to an end and the AI tool was named one of the winners of the competition, Bowman focused on offboarding the project to teams including c-suite executives and an internal AI group so the tool could continue on. The innovative spark that Bowman nurtured with his project came directly from foundations of Kemp’s class.
“My goal is to give [students] the knowledge and skills to not only use AI responsibly in their own practices but also to advocate for policies and professional norms that shape AI's development for the benefit of the entire legal system and society as a whole,” said Kemp. “They are the ones who will steer us toward a future where AI supports and augments human capability.”
Though Bowman has a non-technological background, he sees AI in his future and is interested in building more systems to amplify the profession.
“Whether that’s in-house, a forward-thinking law-firm or a policy think tank, I see AI as one of the most powerful tools we have to close gaps in access, scale good ideas and reimagine the delivery of legal services. This project was proof that it’s possible and that law students have a role to play in shaping that future,” said Bowman.
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