Innovation Policy Colloquium

Professors Barton Beebe and Jason Schultz
Spring 2026
Thursdays 4:45-6:45pm Vanderbilt Hall, Room 208

LW.10930
3 credits

The Innovation Policy Colloquium focuses each year on different aspects of the law’s role in promoting creativity, invention, and new technology. This year, we will focus on the implications of artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies for the theory and operation of law, including the impact of these technologies on court procedure, law firm practice, access to justice, and legal education. We will also consider the ethical and regulatory challenges presented by these technologies.

Schedule of Presenters

Thursday, JANUARY 28
Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School
Ifeoma Ajunwa, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law

Thursday, FEBRUARY 11
Jessica Silbey, Associate Dean for Intellectual Life;Professor of Law; Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law, Boston University School of Law
Woodrow Hartzog, Professor of Law,Boston University School of Law

Thursday, FEBRUARY 18 
Neel Guha, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Thursday, FEBRUARY 25
Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, NYU School of Law

Thursday, MARCH 4
Jane Anderson, Associate Professor, New York University, Program in Museum Studies, GSAS

Thursday, MARCH 25 (ZOOM)
Andrea Roth, Professor of Law, Barry Tarlow Chancellor's Chair in Criminal Justice,University of California, Berkeley

Thursday, APRIL 8
James Grimmelmann, Tessler Family Professor of Digital and Information Law, Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School 

RSVP and questions about the Colloquium should be addressed to Nicole Arzt.