Julian Nyarko
- Professor of Law
- Co-Chair Stanford Law AI Initiative
- Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Cented AI (HAI)
- Room N237, Neukom Building
Biography
Julian Nyarko is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, where he uses new computational methods to study questions of legal and social scientific importance. He is particularly interested in the use of artificial intelligence to study contract law and design. In addition, Professor Nyarko frequently writes about algorithmic fairness and computational methods. His work reaches a diverse audience. In addition to legal journals, law reviews, it has been published in leading outlets in the general sciences, computer science, and political science.
Before coming to Stanford, Professor Nyarko studied law at the University of Hamburg Law School and received both an LL.M. and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, he was a Fellow in Empirical Law and Economics at Columbia Law School.
For more information, including Professor Nyarko’s CV, research, data and code, please visit his personal website.
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Stanford AI Experts Say the Hype Ends in 2026, But ROI Will Get Real
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AI next year may be characterized by rigor and ROI, according to Julian Nyarko, a law professor and Stanford HAI associate director. He spoke specifically about AI for legal services. “Firms and courts might stop asking ‘Can it write?’ and instead start asking ‘How well, on what, and at what…
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