Volume 128 of The West Virginia Law Review is hosting its annual Symposium, tentatively scheduled for Friday April 10, 2026, in person in Morgantown, West Virginia. This year's Symposium will focus on continuing advancements and trepidations surrounding Artificial Intelligence in the legal profession, legal curriculums, and the technology industry.
The West Virginia Law Review is the fourth-oldest Law Review in the country, and we pride ourselves on hosting our Symposium annually. Our academic advisor for this year’s Symposium is WVU College of Law Professor Amy Cyphert, a well-recognized scholar in the field of artificial intelligence who has been teaching WVU Law students about AI and large language models years before even the release of ChatGPT. We hope our Symposium will further the discussion surrounding the ever-evolving innovations and controversies of AI.
We anticipate that the event will attract over 150 legal practitioners, academics, and industry leaders to participate in the Symposium. All interested speakers and authors are invited to email an abstract of your article, a résumé, and any other comments or questions about your potential participation. The West Virginia Law Review will reimburse all reasonable travel and lodging expenses associated with your participation in the Symposium.
We will accept articles on a rolling basis, and a full draft of your article is required by February 1, 2026. Although we prefer articles in the range of 5,000 to 7,000 words, we will accept articles outside that range on a case-by-case basis. Please reach out to our Symposium Editors: Alan Parsons (amp0004@mix.wvu.edu) or Zach Rohrbaugh (zrr00001@mix.wvu.edu) if you have any further questions. We hope you will join us to further this discussion surrounding this important and timely issue.
