AI & the Future of the Courts

Artificial intelligence is already transforming the legal profession, but its impact on courts, judges, and dispute resolution is only beginning to emerge. Join an exceptional panel of judges and practitioners from three continents for a timely and wide-ranging discussion on how AI is reshaping court systems worldwide, drawing on NYSBA’s groundbreaking AI Task Force report, the work of NYSBA’s AI and Emerging Technologies Committee (AIETC) and real-world experience from the bench and practice.

Topics will include:

• The impact of AI on courts and judicial decision making
• ESG and AI in the courts, including whether environmental impact should be considered by judges
• AI hallucinations in litigation, sanctions risks, and the growing threat of professional discipline and criminal exposure
• Access to justice and whether AI widens or narrows the digital divide
• Sanctions and international arbitration, including the effect of evolving global sanctions regimes on arbitral proceedings and enforcement
• Digital nomad lawyering, ethical and regulatory challenges of cross border practice, use of AI tools, client communications, and GDPR implications

Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions directly of judges from multiple jurisdictions and gain a truly global perspective on these emerging challenges.

Moderator:
Jonathan Armstrong, Partner, Punter Southall Law, London

Panelists:
Judge Seo Yoon Lee, Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, Seoul
Hon. Sidney H. Stein, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Judge Friedrich Joachim Mehmel, Former President, Hamburg Constitutional Court, Hamburg