The rise of AI has generated both awe and anxiety. Many fret that AI will displace not only jobs but also human creativity. Professor Edward Lee, co-director of Illinois Tech Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Program in Intellectual Property Law, offered thoughtful perspective and optimism at BYU’s Future of Law Forum today. Noting that there are […]
Artificial Intelligence is increasingly integral to consumer transactions and Utah lawmakers have quickly mobilized to protect the public, recently passing the Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (SB 149). BYU Law welcomed key contributors to this effort, who shared their perspective on regulating this new technology: Jacob Hart and Greg Whisenant, deputy director and policy advisor, respectively, […]
The inaugural installment of BYU Law’s “Faith in Practice” series on February 28 welcomed a panel of distinguished alumni: Leslie Gallacher (‘00), Parsons Behle & Latimer; Athelia Graham (‘19), Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains; and Hutch Fale (‘06), Avery Burdsal & Fale, PC. Leslie Gallagher recalled her feelings of inadequacy when she arrived at BYU […]
“How did religious freedom become religious unfreedom?” asked Helen Alvaré, the Robert A. Levy Endowed Chair in Law and Liberty at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, and recent speaker for BYU Law’s Law & Religion Lecture Series. Alvaré explored why religious freedom is increasingly considered to infringe on freedoms concerning health, peace, equality, […]
“We are not in AI winter anymore. It’s late spring,” declared Dazza Greenwood, researcher at MIT’s media lab and executive director of law.MIT.edu. In real time at BYU Law’s Future of Law forum, Greenwood used a student inquiry about using AI to amend a patent to demonstrate how detailed inputs can generate astonishingly accurate results. […]
“Inequality is a complicated, seemingly unsolvable paradox,” warned Goldburn P. Maynard Jr., Indiana University assistant professor of business law and ethics, at BYU Law’s Black History Month lecture. Inequality is inherent in our world, he observed, and striving for greater equality creates tension because it requires that we treat people differently. “I’m not going to […]
A line from Shakespeare’s As You Like It—“Sweet are the uses of adversity”—set the stage for BYU Law forum remarks by Judge Milan D. Smith of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Smith spoke on how setbacks for several historical figures paved the way for their extraordinary contributions. William Blackstone, who was denied a […]
“What is God calling me to do?” In BYU Law’s weekly forum, Judge Robert Conrad of Western District of North Carolina urged BYU Law students to consider this question as he shared details about 16th century Catholic martyrs John Fisher and Thomas More. Both were at the pinnacle of their careers when they were executed […]
“No matter what you think of AI, you will be using it,” says Nicola Shaver, cofounder and CEO of Legaltech Hub, a global directory of legal technology tools and services. ChatGPT is the most widely and rapidly adopted technology in history, and it’s no fad—it’s the future. When GPT-4 scored in the top 10% of […]
BYU Law students became real-world appellate advocates before the Utah Court of Appeals in a special argument session in BYU Law’s Moot Courtroom on November 15, 2023. The four-judge panel included BYU Law graduates David N. Mortensen, ‘93, John D. Luthy, ’00, and Ryan D. Tenney, ’03, as well as Harvard Law graduate Amy J. […]