AI’s Constitutional Moment: Rights, Federalism and Separation of Powers

Washburn Law's Robert J. Dole Center for Law and Government in partnership with the Washburn Law Journal is pleased to host "AI’s Constitutional Moment: Rights, Federalism and Separation of Powers" Symposium.

The Symposium will be held Thursday, November 2, 2023 in person and will be broadcast live via Zoom. It will explore the intersections of artificial intelligence (AI), constitutional rights, and government power. The Symposium will consist of a keynote speaker and two panels:

• Individual Constitutional Rights
• Keynote by Michele E. Gilman, who specializes in the intersection of economic inequality, law, and technology
• National and State Power

Symposium Schedule

NOTE: All times shown below are Central Time (CT); e.g., 9:50 a.m. CT = 10:50 a.m. Eastern Time = 8:50 a.m. Mountain Time = 7:50 a.m. Pacific Time.

Thursday, November 2, 2023

9:50 a.m. – Welcome

• Jeffrey D. Jackson, Dean and Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law [ Bio ]
• Joseph Mastrosimone, Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law [ Bio ]
• Sarah Lynch-Chaput, Editor-in-Chief, Washburn Law Journal

10:00 a.m. – Panel 1: Individual Constitutional Rights

The panel will focus on the intersection of AI and constitutional rights to due process, privacy, and free speech.

• Jeffery Atik, Professor of Law, Jacob Becker Fellow, Loyola Marymount University Law School [ Bio ]
• Mark Kende, Director of the Drake Constitutional Law Center, James Madison Chair in Constitutional Law, Professor of Law, Drake University Law School [ Bio ]
• Karl Manheim, Professor in Residence, emeritus, Loyola Marymount University Law School [ Bio ]
• Prianka Nair, Assistant Professor of Law & Director of the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic, Brooklyn Law School [ Bio ]
• Moderator: Michelle Ewert, Director of the Law Clinic, Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law [ Bio ]

12:00 p.m. – Lunch (boxed lunches for those that reserved them)

12:30 p.m. – Keynote Address: Professor Gilman – Due Process and the New Digital Dystopia

• Introduction: Caitlin C. Riffer, Senior Articles Editor, Washburn Law Journal

• Michele E. Gilman, Venable Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Faculty Research & Development
  Director, Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic Co-Director, Center on Applied Feminism, University of Baltimore School of Law [ Bio ]

1:15 p.m. – Panel 2: National and State Power

The panel will focus on federal and state regulation of AI and its interaction with the administrative state.

• Kevin Frazier, Assistant Professor of Law, St. Thomas University College of Law [ Bio ]
• Aram Gavoor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University Law School [ Bio ]
• W. Keith Robinson, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law [ Bio ]
• David Rubenstein, James R. Ahrens Chair in Constitutional Law, Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law [ Bio ]
• Moderator: Patricia Judd, Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law [ Bio ]

3:00 p.m. – Closing Comments and Adjourn

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