Roundtable
Emory Law is proud to host the fifth annual Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence. The Roundtable will take place on April 09-10, 2026, at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is designed to be a forum for the discussion of current legal scholarship on AI, covering a range of methodologies, topics, perspectives, and legal intersections.
Format
Participation at the Roundtable will be limited and invitation-only. Participants are expected to read all the papers in advance and be prepared to offer substantive comments. We will try to accommodate a limited number of Zoom-based participants in exceptional circumstances, but in person attendance is strongly preferred.
Applications to present, comment, or participate
We invite applications to participate, to comment, and/or to present from academics working on any topic relating to legal issues in AI. To request to present, you need to submit a substantially complete draft paper.
The deadline for submission is February 15, 2026, and decisions on participation will be made shortly thereafter, ideally, by March 1, 2026. If selected, final manuscripts are due April 1, 2026, to permit all participants an opportunity to read the papers prior to the conference.
To apply to participate, comment, or present, please fill out the google form:( https://forms.gle/h5Vqgj6xpDNSjfFDA).
What to expect from the Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence
The Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence is a forum for the discussion of current legal scholarship on AI, spanning a range of methodologies, topics, perspectives, and legal intersections. Authors who present at the Roundtable will be selected from a competitive application process, and commentators are assigned based on their expertise. Participants will have an opportunity to provide direct feedback in paper sessions and will have access to draft papers but will be asked not to post papers publicly or share without author permission. Robust sessions involve energetic feedback from other paper authors, commentators, and participants. Our goal is to ensure all authors have the full participation of all workshop participants in each author’s session.
Space is limited and we expect people to stay for the entire conference.
Essential logistics
The Roundtable will be held in person on the Emory campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference will begin on Thursday morning and run until 1PM on Friday. You can expect to be at the Atlanta airport by 1:45 PM, in time for a 2:30 PM flight or later on Friday. We will pay for your reasonable (economy) travel and accommodation expenses within the U.S. At the roundtable you will be well fed and caffeinated.
Organizers
Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science at Emory University Law School (msag@emory.edu)
Charlotte Tschider, Professor of Law at Loyola Law Chicago (ctschider@luc.edu)
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