CLE: Robot in Robes? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically reshaping the legal landscape, introducing tools that can parse vast amounts of legal data, predict legal outcomes, and automate routine tasks. This talk delves into the transformative potential and ethical implications of AI in the legal domain, examining its impact on legal practice, jurisprudence, and the broader justice system. Attendees will gain insight into the evolving interplay between technology and law, and the challenges and opportunities it presents for legal professionals.

This program will discuss recent updates to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence, as well as recent changes to the Local Rules in the Northern District of New York. The presenters will highlight rules that are most commonly missed by practitioners and provide updates about programs and developments being implemented in our District.

This one-hour session will prepare attorneys who volunteer to participate in the United States District Court Law Day outreach program to high school students in Syracuse, Utica, and surrounding counties.

A day-long training, offered in two parts, covering the Bail Reform Act, electronic discovery, courtroom technology, 2nd Circuit and Supreme Court updates, and panel discussions from the Bench and clients’ perspectives. See next page for a detailed agenda.

A panel discussion of election law and democracy in the age of election security concerns, “deep fakes”, AI, and “troll farms”. Experts in election law discuss how New York laws have changed and how election administration is responding to our new reality

Join us for our first Central New York False Claims Act Symposium. Topics include False Claims Act 101: A Primer on the False Claims Act and its Qui Tam Provisions and more. Faculty will include the U.S. Attorney and several AUSAs, together with white-collar lawyers from Hudson, Russ, Barclay Damon, Nixon Peabody, and plaintiff firms based in NYC, Boston, and DC.

Artificial Intelligence is certain to impact virtually every aspect of the business and practice of law. This program will discuss various aspects of AI, including extractive and generative AI and considerations attorneys should be aware of in leveraging AI technology.