New York State Bar Association Launches Comprehensive Artificial Intelligence Continuing Legal Education Program
2.11.2026
The New York State Bar Association is launching a nine-part lunch and learn, continuing legal education program that will explore far-reaching issues on the use of artificial intelligence and its impact on the legal profession.
The program “Listen and Learn and Enhance Your Understanding of AI, GAI, and Agentic AI in the Legal Profession”. The first session will cover state regulation and ethics of AI use. Other topics throughout the series include discussions of what attorneys need to know about incorporating AI, generative AI and agentic AI into their practices, updates on regulations, and the admissibility of AI/GAI evidence. Sessions will be at noon Feb. 18 through June 10, with the exception of the April 1 session that will begin at 10 a.m.
The program was developed by the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies.
Vivian Wesson, executive vice president and general counsel at The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church, chairs the committee, and Marissa J. Moran, attorney and chair and professor, Law and Paralegal Studies, New York City College of Technology, CUNY, is its vice chair.
The committee examines the legal, social, and ethical impact of AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and other emerging technologies on the legal profession and global community. It also focuses on the positive and negative implications of AI use by the legal community and the public, and its impact on access to justice, legal regulations, and privacy.
Here are the details:
Lunch and Learn Series 1: AI Regulation in New York State, Wednesday, Feb. 18
Speakers:
Ronald J. Hedges, former United States Magistrate judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, principal, Ronald J. Hedges LLC.
Vinicius Aquini, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP.
Lunch and Learn Series 2: The Ethics of AI/GAI Use by Attorneys, Wednesday, Feb. 25
Speakers:
Hedges and Shawndra G. Jones, partner and attorney at Ford Harrison.
Lunch and Learn Series 3: AI, GAI, Agentic AI: What Attorneys Need to Know, Wednesday, March 18
Speakers:
Diana LaMorie, vice president, legal and compliance, Two Sigma.
Marina Kaganovich, Americas Financial Services executive, Trust Lead, Google Cloud.
Stan Yakoff, CEO, RegLabs AI; adjunct professor, Fordham Law School.
Lunch and Learn Series 4: Attorneys and New Technologies: A Framework for Attorneys Considering Any New Technology, Wednesday, April 1
Speakers:
Norm Ashkenas, chief compliance officer, Robinhood Financial.
Beth Haddock, founder and managing partner, Warburton Advisors.
Eric T. Young, adjunct professor, Fordham Law School; managing director, Guidepost Solutions.
Lunch and Learn Series 5: AI Around the World – Legal and Regulatory Update, Wednesday, April 22
Speakers:
Greg Walters, adjunct professor, Fordham Law School; former SEC senior counsel – Cyber Risk and Governance Branch, Office of Information Technology.
Jonathan Armstrong, adjunct professor, Fordham Law School; member, New York State Bar Association, AI & Emerging Technologies Committee; partner, Punter Southall.
Alison Stein, partner, Jenner & Block.
Lunch and Learn Series 6: Benefits and Risks of AI/GAI: Causes of Action and Defenses, Wednesday, May 6
Speakers:
Hedges and Moran.
Lunch and Learn Series 7: Discovery of AI/GAI: Possible Requests and Objections, Wednesday, May 20
Speakers:
Hedges and Moran.
Lunch and Learn Series 8: Admissibility of Evidence of AI/GAI Under Accutane and Olenowski, Wednesday, June 3
Speakers:
Hedges and Moran.
Lunch and Learn Series 9: AI/GAI in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings, Wednesday, June 10
Speaker:
Hedges.
