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VALL Substantive Session: Abdi Aidid on the Upside of AI in the Legal Profession
Hosted by the Vancouver Association of Law Libraries
Generously sponsored by Thomson ReutersFebruary 1, 2024 | 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: VALL members and students: FREE!Nonmembers: $25 + $2 PayPal administration fee
This session will be hosted via Zoom and recorded.
Please join us for an engaging presentation by Abdi Aidid, co-author of The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better (Toronto, Ont: University of Toronto Press, 2023).Abdi will discuss how AI is impacting the legal profession, AI-supported legal research products, and how to incorporate this technology with current legal research practices.
Please register using the Zoom link below:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R751HUw6Swe_D7Tb0hCyDA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This webinar is eligible for 1.0 CPD credit with the Law Society of BC. Provided by: Thomson Reuters, Canada.
About the Speaker
Abdi Aidid researches and teaches in the areas of civil procedure, torts, and law & technology. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He received his BA from the University of Toronto, his JD from Yale Law School and his LLM from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. Professor Aidid previously practiced litigation and arbitration at Covington & Burling LLP in New York City and most recently served as the VP, Legal Research at Blue J, where he oversaw the development of machine learning-enabled research and analytics tools. Professor Aidid is a Faculty Affiliate at the Centre for Ethics and a member of the Ethics of AI Lab.
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