Artificial intelligence and its impact on the practice of law will take center stage at the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting and Convention.
The convention Opening Business Session will kick the discussion off with a keynote presentation and discussion, “Artificial Intelligence and the Impact on the Practice of Law.” The program will explore how AI is shaping the profession, what opportunities may open for attorneys and what lawyers should be concerned about.
Dr. Chris Mattmann, president and founder of Mattmann.AI, LLC and an international expert in artificial intelligence and author, will give the keynote. Mattmann has worked with government aerospace, driving the creation of the first Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, and Innovative Development Organization within the government aerospace community.
An esteemed panel of luminaries from the New Jersey legal community will follow with a discussion of how issues related to AI are playing out in practice. Thomas P. Scrivo will moderate the discussion that will feature insights from New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia (Ret.), U.S. District Court Judge Katherine B. Forrest (Ret.), Judge Glenn A. Grant, Acting Administrative Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, New Jersey Public Defender Jennifer Sellitti, and NJSBA President-Elect William H. Mergner Jr.
In addition to the Opening Business Session, AI will be the focus of numerous panels from the NJSBA’s AI Task Force intended to meet attendees where they are in understanding the world of AI. There will be a program that provides basic information, and another that explores more advanced applications and concepts. A session on AI and generative artificial intelligence in the workplace will examine its use for lawyers and employers. Another session will examine how AI has the potential to magnify existing inequities in minority communities, including how it might automate pre-established patterns of discrimination and increase threats to privacy through facial recognition software.
The convention will also include panel discussions on other technology topics, including federal cybercrime investigations, prosecutions and updates from the U.S. Attorney's Office; recent General Data Protection Regulation updates; data privacy and security in New Jersey; technology considerations for staff and office security and how to use social media to ethically build a brand.
Here’s the full technology track line-up:
• Opening Business Session Keynote: Artificial Intelligence and the Impact on the Practice of Law
• AI Task Force: Basic Session on AI and the Law
• Advanced Issues with AI: Balancing Innovation and Risk
• Current Trends in Federal Cybercrime Investigations, Prosecutions, and Disruptions
• Recent GDPR Updates
• Data Privacy and Security in New Jersey: What You Need to Know
• AI/GAI and its Use for Lawyers and Employers: What Can Go Wrong?
• Artificial Intelligence and Minority Communities – Navigating the Coming Wave
• A Watchful Eye: Considerations on Staff and Office Security
• Insta What? Using Social Media to Ethically Build Your Brand
The Annual Meeting and Convention will feature over 100 continuing legal education programs with jurists from every level of the bench and hundreds of practitioners who are top in their field. Attendees can earn up to 16 CLE credits. Check out the full lineup of track programming.