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Decoding Legal Minds: AI and the Legal Engineer

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Episode 293

January 27, 2024

00:56:24

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Hosted by Dave Levine

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

AI, and its subset generative AI, are poised to alter legal practice in ways known and as of yet, unknown. Joshua Walker’s 2019 book On Legal AI – published a few years before ChatGPT was released – wound up predicting many of the issues with which we now grapple, from “unbridled” software development cycles that challenge legal practice, to the use of AI as a tool for legal decision-making. In this discussion, Joshua and Dave explore what underscores the potential for AI to enhance legal processes and yield positive outcomes, and where the pitfalls and potential lies. Not just for lawyers, but for all who seek to incorporate algorithmic thinking into their professional lives.

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Joshua Walker

Joshua Walker is a leading thinker and practitioner in legal informatics. He is currently CEO of System.Legal, a full-service law and AI practice, where they utilize legal and empirical systems to address issues in intellectual property, data risk, and product development. He is the author of On Legal AI and previously co-founded CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. He also co-founded Lex Machina, where he served as CEO and Chief Legal Architect.

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DAVID LEVINE

Dave Levine is the founder and host of Hearsay Culture. He is a Professor at Elon University School of Law and an Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society (Stanford Law School). From 2014-2017, he was a Visiting Research Collaborator at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy. He is also the co-author of Information Law, Governance, and Cybersecurity (West 2019). A regular contributor to Slate, Dave has been published in leading newspapers, websites, and academic journals in the US and EU.

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