Session V:

The Role of Law and Lawyers in AI Policy and Governance

Guiding Questions

What are the possible considerations that should lawyers raise at every stage of the AI lifecycle (conception, development, training, testing, deployment, monitoring, etc)?
How might federal, state, and international laws shape or determine your company’s development and deployment of AI?
How will judicial determinations influence AI regulation?
How could a robust responsible AI governance framework mitigate your company’s exposure to liability?

📖 Session V Materials

Is Your Use of AI Violating the Law? An Overview of the Current Legal Landscape (EqualAI, 2024)
A.I. is Coming for Lawyers, Again (The New York Times, 2023)
Generative AI Could Radically Alter the Practice of Law (The Economist, 2023)
How AI Will Revolutionize the Practice of Law (Brookings, 2023)
Aiming for Truth, Equity, and Fairness in Your Company's Use of AI (FTC, 2021)
Products Liability as a Way to Address AI Harms (Brookings, 2019)
Algorithm-Driven Hiring Tools: Innovative Recruitment or Expedited Disability Discrimination? (CDT, 2020) [Read pp. 7-24 (sections 4-6)]
To Spur Growth in AI, We Need a New Approach to Legal Liability (HBR, 2021)
A conversation on GenAI’s business impact on corporate legal departments, (Thomas Reuters, 2024)
Generative AI: A guide for corporate legal departments, (Deloitte, 2023)
What legal departments should be asking themselves about GenAI, (EY, 2024)
Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2023- Chapter 6.4 U.S. AI-Related Legal Cases (HAI, Stanford University, 2023)
ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence
Joint Statement On Enforcement Of Civil Rights, Fair Competition, Consumer Protection, And Equal Opportunity Laws In Automated Systems (2024)
2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) TechReport (ABA 2023)
2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary (Chief Justice Roberts, 2023)
How Is AI Changing the Legal Profession? (Bloomberg Law 2024)
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks at the University of Oxford on the Promise and Peril of AI (DOJ 2024)
Additional Resources
AI-related Legislation (US)
Please refer to additional useful resources here

📝 To Do Before Next Session

💭 Food For Thought

How do lawyers serve as stakeholders in developing responsible AI? In which ways might domestic and foreign laws influence your company's deployment for AI? How could a responsible AI policy mitigate your company's exposure to liability?

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