Center for Legal & Court Technology Hosts Third Problematic AI Conference
Continuing to take the lead on examining the ever-developing/changing world of AI, the Center for Legal & Court Technology (CLCT) hosted its Third Problematic AI Conference on Friday, February 7 at William & Mary Law School.
The annual hybrid conference held in person and on Zoom, in partnership with the Coastal Virginia Division of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), presented three panels with a focus on Perspectives on AI Governance from Government Entities, The Private Sector, and Academia.
Fredric Lederer, Chancellor Professor of Law and Director of the CLCT, and Daniel Shin ’19, CoVA CCI Research Scientist and adjunct professor at William & Mary Law School, provided welcome remarks and set the stage for the conference to come.
The first panel on government entities, moderated by Phil Mann (Senior Lecturer of Sociology & Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University), included Jannet A Okazaki (Deputy Managing Director, National Center for State Courts); Dr. Inna Baron (Principal, MITRE); and Alexandra Tsalidis (Policy Researcher, Future of Life Institute).
The second panel on Industry was moderated by Chris Shenefiel, Adjunct Lecturer, W&M Computer Science and Assistant Director for Research, CLCT (ret.). It included Pollyanna Sanderson (Senior Regulatory Compliance Analyst, IBM); Lisa Schoch (Director, Strategic Accounts, Holistic AI); Avril Ussery Sisk (Chair, National Association of Corporate Directors National Capital Area Chapter Advisory Board); and Dr. Teddy Wu (CEO & Co-Founder of Anytime AI).
The final panel on Academia was moderated by Iria Giuffrida (Assistant Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs and Professor of the Practice of Law at W&M Law) and included Dr. Nicolas Vermeys (Director, Centre de recherche en droit public, and Associate Director, Cyberjustice Laboratory, Professor, Université de Montréal’s Faculté de droit); Daniel Shin; Tylin Woodstock (Product Counsel, Security Business Group, CISCO); and Sonia Gipson Rankin (Professor of Law, University of New Mexico).
All three moderators have current or past CCI connections, and the conference was planned and supervised by Daniel Shin. The University of Montreal’s CyberJustice Laboratory co-sponsored the conference.
At the end of the conference those physically present unanimously endorsed a 2026 Problematic AI Conference, which is now being scheduled.
This is the third hybrid CLCT conference on Problematic AI. The first was held in February 2023, and saw top representatives from academia, government, industry, and the courts with disciplines in law, computer science and ethics examining AI’s challenges, current and proposed legislation, regulations, and policies, and what should be done next.
The second conference, held in February 2024, saw panelists share their expertise and perspectives on Generative AI from diverse perspectives of International Law, Research, Policy, and Industry.
CLCT is preparing a video piece focusing on the key presentations from this year’s conference.