Futurists are fond
of predicting the future of robot lawyers. But how much of
AI for law is hype and how much will we actually see
in real-world practice? Fastcase CEO Ed Walters, who teaches The Law of Robots
at Georgetown Law, will separate hype from reality for practice today
and examine ethical and practical
implications of
artificial intelligence on the legal industry.
This CLE is approved for
credit through December 20, 2019.
Presenter:
Ed Walters is the CEO and co-founder of Fastcase, an online
legal research software company based in Washington, D.C. Under Ed’s leadership,
Fastcase has grown into one of the world’s largest legal publishers, currently
serving more than 800,000 subscribers from around the world. Before founding
Fastcase, Ed worked at Covington & Burling in Washington D.C. and Brussels,
where he advised clients such as Microsoft, Merck, SmithKline, the National
Football League, and the National Hockey League. His practice focused on
corporate advisory work for software companies and sports leagues, and
intellectual property litigation. Ed graduated from Georgetown University and
the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of The University
of Chicago Law Review, and he clerked for the Hon. Emilio M. Garza on the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is licensed to practice before the
U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Fifth
Circuits. He serves on the boards of Pro Bono Net, Public.Resource.org, Friends
of Telecom Without Borders, and Salsa Labs. He teaches Law of Robots, a class
about the frontiers of
law and technology, at Georgetown University Law
Center.
CLE
Credits:
1.0 Ethics CLE Credits approved
| Event Code: 250934
Cost:
MSBA Members: $29.95
Non-MSBA Members:
$64.95