Professors Aniket Kesari and Chinmayi Sharma

This seminar explores cutting-edge research in law and technology, covering topics such as artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, and fairness in machine learning, along with other emerging issues. Throughout the semester, we will host a series of interdisciplinary legal scholars. Each week, students will engage in two sessions: the first will involve discussing the upcoming paper as well as relevant background reading, while the second will feature an extended session with the author, allowing for direct engagement and in-depth discussion.

Please refer to the class syllabus for more information on assignments, reading, and the class schedule.*

*Note: Some classes have been elongated and others have been canceled.

Presentation Schedule

January 21
Neil Richards — Koch Distinguished Professor in Law; Director, Cordell Institute, Washington University School of Law

Presenting: “Privacy’s Social Dimensions“

January 26
Rebecca Wexler — Alfred W. Bressler Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Presenting: “AI Suppression: E-Discovery Software and Brady” (with Jason D Hartline, Liren Shan, and Alec Sun)

February 2
Dan Schwarcz — Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law and Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Minnesota Law School

Presenting: “The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability and Insurance: Lessons From Cybersecurity” (with Josephine Wolff)

February 9
Filippo Lancieri — L.L.B., FGV Direito São Paulo; Master’s in Economics, INSPER; LL.M., University of Chicago Law School; J.S.D., University of Chicago Law School; Georgetown Law

Presenting: “Adjudicating Fake News“

February 23
Fanna Gamal — Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

Presenting: “The Algorithmic Racial Proxy”

March 16
Anat Lior — Assistant Professor of Law, Drexel University Kline School of Law

Presenting: “Fighting AI Harms Together: What Class Actions Can (and Can’t) Do”

March 23
Talia Gillis — Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Presenting: “Algorithmic UDAP” (with Riley Stacy, Sam Brumer, and Emily Black)

March 30
Cary Coglianese — Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation, Penn Carey Law

Dr. Colton R. Crum — Adjunct Professor, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame

Presenting: “On Leashing (and Unleashing) AI Innovation“

April 6
Zeve Sanderson — PhD Candidate, Vrije University Amsterdam

Presenting: “Age Verification and Public Adaptation: A Pre-Registered Synthetic Control Multiverse”

April 13
Ngozi Okidegbe — Associate Professor of Law and Assistant Professor of Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University School of Law

Presenting: “How Not To Democratize Algorithms”

April 20
Arna Woemmel — Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago

Presenting: “LLM-Induced Social Learning Network Formation and the “Efficiency Trap”