When, if ever, would we accept an AI program as a judge? Professor Eugene Volokh will discuss this question and his answer to it as he presents his paper “Chief Justice Robots.” The article is forthcoming in Duke’s law journal.

Refreshments provided. This event is co-sponsored by Stanford Law & Technology Association and CodeX.

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law. He teaches free speech law, tort law, religious freedom law, church-state relations law, and a First Amendment amicus brief clinic. He has also often taught copyright law, criminal law, and a seminar on firearms regulation policy. Before coming to UCLA, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Alex Kozinski on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Previously, he worked for twelve years as a computer programmer. His full biography is available at https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/eugene-volokh/.