Thursday, February 25, 2021
9:50-10 a.m. ::: Symposium Opening
Ashley Faulkner and Erin O’Brien, Executive Article Selection and Symposium Editors,
West Virginia Law Review Volume 123.
10-11 a.m. ::: Featured Speaker, Emile Loza de Siles
Artificial Intelligence: A Framework for Legal Understanding
Introduction: Joshua Weishart, Professor of Law at West Virginia College of
Law and West Virginia Law Review Faculty Advisor.
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ::: Man, Machine and Money: at the Crossroads of AI,
Data Privacy and Consumer Protection.
Panelists: Janine Hiller, Jena Martin, and Tom C.W. Lin.
Introduction: Shawn Hogbin, Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review Volume
123.
Moderator: Valerie Blake, Professor of Law at West Virginia College of Law
12:30-1 p.m. ::: Lunch Break
1-2:15 p.m. ::: Artificial Intelligence and Public Interest
Panelists: Susan Saab Fortney, Stephen Henderson, and Drew Simshaw
Introduction: Ashley Stephens, Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review
Volume 123.
Moderator: Jennifer Powell, Director of the Center for Law and Public Service
at West Virginia College of Law.
2:15-3:15 p.m. ::: Featured Speaker, Dean Alderucci
Introduction: Amy Cyphert, Lecturer in Law at West Virginia College of Law
and West Virginia Law Review Artificial Intelligence and the Law Symposium Advisor.
3:20-4:35 p.m. ::: Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
Panelists: Dean Alderucci, Daryl Lim, and Shine (Sean) Tu.
Introduction: Jared Phalen, Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review Volume
123.
Moderator: Amelia Rinehart, Incoming William J. Maier, Jr. Dean of the West
Virginia University College of Law.
4:35 p.m. ::: Closing
Elaine Waterhouse Wilson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of
Law at West Virginia University College of Law.
Friday, February 26, 2021
9:20-9:30 a.m. ::: Opening
Caroline Osborne, Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law at
West Virginia University College of Law.
9:30-10:45 a.m. ::: Data as Power
Panelists: Kevin Ashley, Tabrez Ebrahim, and Emile Loza de Siles
Introduction: Samuel Burkhardt, Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review
Volume 123.
Moderator: Anne Marie Lofaso, Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia
University College of Law.
11 a.m. -12:30 p.m. ::: Keynote Speaker, Sandra Wachter
Bias Preservation in Machine Learning: The Legality of Fairness Metrics Under
EU Non-Discrimination Law
Introductions: Nicholas Gutmann, Editor-in-Chief, West Virginia Law Review
Volume 123.
John E. Taylor, Interim Dean and Jackson Kelly Professor of Law at West Virginia
University College of Law.
12:30-1 p.m. ::: Lunch Break
1-2:15 p.m. ::: Artificial Intelligence and Social Media
Panelists: Amy Cyphert, Erin Kelley, Maya Medeiros
Introduction: Bailey Emory, Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review Volume
123.
Moderator: Nicole McConlogue, Associate Professor of Law and Clinic Director
at West Virginia University College of Law.
2:30-3:45 p.m. ::: Legal Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
Panelists: Joshua Davis, Christine Chamber Goodman, and Drew Simshaw
Introduction: Jaylin Johnson, Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review Volume
123.
Moderator: Joshua Weishart, Professor of Law at West Virginia College of Law
and West Virginia Law Review Faculty Advisor.
3:45 p.m. ::: Closing
Amy Cyphert, Lecturer in Law at West Virginia College of Law and West Virginia
Law Review Artificial Intelligence and the Law Symposium Advisor.
