Oliver Roberts: AI and the Law, and an Education

Jan Baran speaks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) legal expert. lawyer and teacher, Oliver Roberts, to speak about AI, its birth, its forms, and how people have historically used and are currently using the ever-changing technology.  They discuss further about how AI has changed the way lawyers practice, how the courts are using it, what questions clients are asking in RFPs related to technology, and why the big law firms are investing in AI.  

There are plenty of upsides to using AI; but what is “AI hallucination?”  Old school legal tech companies are incorporating advanced AI and new AI legal products are being promoted throughout the industry; however, any information collected through AI still requires lawyers and others to check for any false or misleading information.  Spoiler Alert: Using AI may be quicker a way to research or write initially, but the AI hallucination rate can be high. 

Oliver also discusses recent attempts to regulate AI, including an effort at the Federal Election Commission.

About Oliver Roberts

Oliver Roberts is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and Co-Director of the WashU Law AI Collaborative. He is also Co-Head of the AI Practice Group at Holtzman Vogel law firm, Editor-in-Chief of the AI & the Law publication at The National Law Review, and the Founder and CEO of Wickard.ai. 

Oliver regularly lectures on AI at law schools throughout the United States and internationally. His recent teaching includes the course “AI & the Practice of Law” at WashU Law, the nation’s first required AI law school course at Case Western Reserve School of Law, and the first legal AI education program at Addis Ababa University School of Law in Ethiopia. 

Oliver graduated from Harvard Law School and Villanova University. Before founding Wickard.ai, Oliver practiced at Skadden Arps and Jones Day and previously founded a technology startup focused on employment solutions. His legal achievements include successfully arguing twice before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and securing a cert denial at the U.S. Supreme Court, preserving one of his appellate victories. Oliver is admitted to practice law in New York, Texas, and Washington D.C.