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Management + Business Acumen

Professionalism + Leadership at Every Level

Hot Topic: Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Law Libraries

Monday, July 22, 2024

10:45am – 11:45am CDT

Room: Grand Ballroom (East Tower Gold Level)

Coordinator(s)

Teresa Miguel-Stearns (she/her/hers)

Associate Dean, Legal Information Innovation; Director, Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library; Professor of Law
University of Arizona College of Law Library

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Speaker(s)

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Kenton Brice

Director of Technology Innovation
University of Oklahoma College of Law
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Richard Buckingham (he/him/his)

Director of the Law Library and Information Resources; Associate Professor of Legal Research
Suffolk University Law School, Massachusetts, United States
Sean A. Harrington

Director of Technology Innovation
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Norman, OK, Oklahoma, United States
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Taryn Marks

Associate Director of Research and Instructional Services
Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford University
Kristina L. Niedringhaus (she/her/hers)

Assoc Dean for Library, Information Services, Legal Technology & Innovation; Faculty Director, Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative; Clinical Professor of Law
Georgia State University College of Law Library, Georgia, United States
Patrick Parsons (he/him/his)

Associate Director for Legal Technology & Innovation
Georgia State University College of Law
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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George H. Pike

Director
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, Illinois, United States

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The goal of the “Future of Law Libraries: Artificial Intelligence, Opportunities, and Advancement” collaborative initiative is to provide guidance to law libraries across the country as we work to strategically incorporate artificial intelligence into our operations and plans for the future of our profession.
The initial keystone of the initiative was a series of regional roundtables on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law Libraries, which took place during the 2023-2024 academic year. Each day-long roundtable event brought together a small and diverse array of law library stakeholders, advocates, and community partners to discuss both the risks and opportunities presented by AI technologies.

Roundtable participants used scenario-building methodology to consider potential AI impacts on key areas of law librarianship such as services, collections, instruction, training, space, and staffing. We uncovered mistakes to avoid (vicious cycles) and opportunities we cannot afford to miss (virtuous cycles) as we work to leverage AI for law libraries in the future.

Each roundtable generates a report, and project participants together will publish a white paper summarizing the key takeaways and mapping a path forward for law libraries and legal information professionals.

This program is a moderated Q&A discussion between audience members and the leaders and hosts of the regional roundtables. Roundtable leaders will share insights and takeaways from the regional roundtables. Audience members will be encouraged to ask questions, share thoughts and ideas, and offer suggestions for future work in AI and the future of law libraries.

Target Audience:

Everyone working in law libraries and the legal information profession.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will learn about scenario building methodology and how it is being used to uncover mistakes to avoid (vicious cycles) and opportunities law librarians cannot afford to miss (virtuous cycles) as we work to leverage AI for law libraries in the future.
Participants will learn what law librarians and others have identified as opportunities not to miss and mistakes to avoid during scenario building sessions as part of the AI & Futures project.
Participants will have an opportunity to comment upon and contribute to these ideas.