Digital Law & Innovation Society

Welcome to 2021! We have a special Tea Time Talk this Thursday Jan 14 at noon to kick off the new year - with Professor Randy Goebel and Jason Morris! Professor Goebel is a co-founder of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute and is a long-standing expert in AI. He has a special interest in Law & AI, and co-supervised Jason Morris' LLM thesis in Computation Law Hope to see you there! Link below: Digital Law Tea Time Talks are a chance for law and tech geeks to learn ...about topics at the intersection of those fields. A short presentation on a work in progress, recent article or experience, will be followed by open Q&A. The time block includes a "digital commute" allowing everyone to sign in and get settled. The actual presentation and discussion will go from 12:10-12:50 MT. The meeting link is the same every time. Feel free to forward and share! https://meet.google.com/ges-xfow-qsj

Chilly November is here! Join us for a cozy Digital Law Tea Time Talk this Nov 5th 12-1 pm with Meg Beratta https://meet.google.com/ges-xfow-qsj Meg is Pia Andrews' Chief of Staff working on digital transformation in the government of Canada, and just completed her Masters at Oxford focused on digital policy / law / governance. Hope to see you there!

A reminder that the next Digital Law Tea Time talk is *RESCHEDULED* for Thursday Dec 5th from 12-1 pm! The link remains the same: https://meet.google.com/ges-xfow-qsj We're lucky to have Meg Beratta as our Nov 5th speaker!. Meg did her Masters at Oxford focused on Digital Policy and now works as a Chief of Staff supporting digital transformation in the Government of Canada. p.s. this means no Digital Law Tea Time Talk on Thurs 27th. Join us on Nov 5th instead! After that the schedule goes back to normal, which means there IS a talk on Nov 12th 12-1 pm with CLIO's chief counsel, Joshua Lenon.

So few people understand how technology works and it’s effect on their lives. Lawyers, at least, need to be fearless and inquisitive about tech so as to make it equitable and just.

Applications Now Open to join Digital Law Cohort 2020!! The Digital Law Cohort is an opportunity for Juris Doctor students to engage with UAlberta’s digital law community through curricular and extracurricular offerings. Cohort members will have access to targeted learning opportunities, mentorship and cross-sector activities related to digital law. Students will have the opportunity to meet digital law experts and practitioners, and will receive recognition and support for their engagement. Applications are due July 21, 2020. Please find more information and application details here. https://docs.google.com//14awDFy98V00qRY9NL0x-FkUrc5/edit

Psssst check out this chance to join the Digital Law Cohort! Ping us if you have any questions!!