Vanderbilt Law announces creation of AI Legal Lab

November 6, 2023

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Dean Chris Guthrie announced the creation of the Vanderbilt AI Legal Lab (VAILL) to explore how artificial intelligence intersects with the delivery of legal services and access to justice.

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Albany Law professor Victoria Esposito demonstrates how ChatGPT can be used in law school courses

November 6, 2023

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — It seems that artificial intelligence makes its way into conversation more and more lately. In the classroom at Albany Law School, faculty and students are discussing how technology like ChatGPT will impact learning, academics, and the law.

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A look at privacy concerns related to artificial intelligence

November 6, 2023

LSAC — As a technologist, I’ve long been both amazed and aghast at how much information companies have on their employees. Currently, this information is vast but so difficult to synthesize and understand that it is only looked at in extreme circumstances. The speed and power of AI could change that.

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How artificial intelligence has affected the legal profession

November 6, 2023

LAW.360 — – Artificial intelligence could someday level the playing field for lawyers and clients — or it could exacerbate deeply entrenched inequalities in the justice system, legal industry experts said on the first day of the Clio Cloud Conference on Monday.

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Penn Carey Law class explores technology law and ethics

November 1, 2023

PENN CAREY LAW — Engineers have long viewed lawyers with skepticism; engineers dream of doing new things, while lawyers more often focus on what cannot be done. But as technology has become more central to daily life, engineers have increasingly sought to better understand how the law affects their work. 

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Washington & Lee Law professor Josh Fairfield to lead school’s artificial intelligence strategy

October 31, 2023

THE COLUMNS — W&L Law Dean Melanie Wilson has announced the appointment of Professor Josh Fairfield as the law school’s inaugural Director of Artificial Intelligence Legal Innovation Strategy.

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William & Mary Law Digital Democracy Lab hosts event to examine ‘Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights’

October 31, 2023

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The Digital Democracy Lab at William & Mary Law School recently helped coordinate a conversation at William & Mary’s Washington Center that explored the impact of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights one year after its release.

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A look at artificial intelligence in the legal profession

October 23, 2023

THOMSON REUTERS — This was confirmed in a Thomson Reuters survey in early 2023, which had a number of interesting findings – particularly that 82% of law firms and corporate legal departments said they clearly saw legal use cases for AI, and that more than half said that legal should be using AI. 

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Advice on navigating the use of generative artificial intelligence in law school

October 23, 2023

CANADIAN LAWYER — This fall, I started teaching a data and AI course at the Lincoln Alexander Law School at Toronto Metropolitan University. It has prompted me to consider what law students need to know about AI. 

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Penn Carey Law Policy Lab course looks at artificial intelligence and implicit bias

October 17, 2023

PENN CAREY LAW — The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and the overwhelming popularity of generative AI tools like ChatGPT raise important questions about how algorithms and machine learning models reproduce real-world human biases. The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s “Policy Lab: AI and Implicit Bias” incubates ideas for an intersectional, inclusive approach to

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