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HUMANS vs. MACHINES?

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2025

Artificial Intelligence is already performing critical tasks lawyers have traditionally handled. At least for now, though, AI models in law continue to rely on advanced pattern recognition, rather than engaging in actual legal reasoning. In dialogue with leading thinkers in technology and law, our opening conversation will consider whether and how AI might match — or even exceed — human lawyers' reasoning capabilities by 2050.

Thank you to all who joined us for this engaging conversation.

FEATURED PANELISTS

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Hany Farid
Professor,
Electrical Engineering
and Computer Sciences,
University of California, Berkeley
Co-Founder,
GetReal Labs
 

PRESENTERS

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Michelle Lee
Founder & CEO,
Obsidian Strategies
Former Director,
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Former Vice President,
Machine Learning Solutions Lab
& Computer Vision,
Amazon Web Services

OPENING GUEST CONVERSATION

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Che Chang
General Counsel,
OpenAI

SPECIAL GUESTS

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Megan Ma
Associate Director & Research Fellow,
Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX)

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ABOUT LAW2050

The legal market stands at the brink of dramatic transformations. Formerly science fiction, AI is suddenly disrupting every aspect of legal practice. In the near term, it promises to make us more efficient, with those at the technological forefront poised to thrive. In the long term, it's poised to re-order legal institutions and the law itself.

Beyond law’s technologization, we are in a period of striking law firm growth and consolidation — trends that will accelerate as private equity firms enter the legal market. In this new era, familiar assumptions about territorial borders and courts as physical spaces will be challenged and perhaps jettisoned.

Texas A&M University School of Law invites you to join us throughout 2025 for a multi-city conversation series as we explore the future of legal practice and the law with renowned futurists, tech leaders, lawyers, and judges.


Made Possible Through
the Generous Support of
Jon & Jo Ann Hagler