AI for legal aid summit

A PRE-CONFERENCE to LSC’S INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

January 12, 2025 | Sheraton Phoenix Downtown

What you’ll learn

AI 101

Learn the basics of AI technologies and understand how they might amplify legal aid services

CASE STUDIES

Explore how legal services organizations are using AI to streamline operations, minimize administrative work, allocate talent, and empower clients

hands-on training

Gain hands-on experience working with AI tools that you can bring back to your organization

Speakers

  • Margaret Hagan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LEGAL DESIGN LAB, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • Scheree Gilchrist

    CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA

  • TOM MARTIN

    FOUNDER & CEO, LAWDROID

  • Sateesh Nori

    SENIOR LEGAL INNOVATION STRATEGIST, JUST-TECH

  • ZAC OSWALD, Senior Deputy Director of Client Services, Legal Aid Society of OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS

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  • Adrián Palma

    GLOBAL PRO BONO MANAGER & DIGITAL STRATEGIST, MICROSOFT

  • Laura Safdie

    VP OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THOMSON REUTERS

  • Michael Semanchik

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE INNOCENCE CENTER

  • Kristen Sonday

    CO-FOUNDER & CEO, PALADIN

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  • Ransom Wydner

    VICE PRESIDENT, PARTNERSHIPS AND IMPACT, SIXFIFTY

AGENDA

12:30 pm       Lunch, provided

1:00 pm                  Introductory Remarks

  • Kristen Sonday, CEO & Founder, Paladin

   Keynote: AI and Access to Justice: A Generational Opportunity

  • Laura Safdie, Former Co-Founder of Casetext and Head of Innovation for Legal at Thomson Reuters

1:20 pm             AI for Legal Aid Case Studies I

  • Scheree Gilchrest, Chief Innovation Officer at Legal Aid of North Carolina

  • Conor Malloy, Director of Innovation at CARPLS

  • Sateesh Nori, Senior Legal Innovation Strategist at Just-Tech

2:05 pm                Hands-On Training I: AI Use Case Development Workshop

  • Andrew Schulman, Thomson Reuters AI for Justice Program

2:35 pm               Lightning Talk: Developing AI Quality Standards

  • Margaret Hagan, Executive Director of the Legal Design Lab at Stanford Law School

2:50 pm                  Coffee Break

3:10 pm               AI for Legal Aid Case Studies II 

  • Adrian Palma, Global Pro Bono Manager & Digital Strategist at Microsoft

  • Michael Semanchik, Executive Director at The Innocence Center

  • Zachary Oswald, Senior Deputy Director at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands

3:55 pm AI Product Showcase

4:30 pm     Hands-On Training I: AI Prompting 101

  • Tom Martin, Founder & CEO at LawDroid 

4:45 pm      Hands-On Training III: Build Your Own GPT

  • Ransom Wydner, Vice President of Partnerships and Impact at SixFifty, will walk us through how to build a simple GPT solution to complex problems.

5:30 pm              Close Out and Reception

  • Kristen Sonday and John Levi

Co-Hosted by Kristen Sonday, Co-Founder and CEO of Paladin,

and the Legal Services Corporation