The Future of Legal Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Silicon Flatirons invites you to an in-depth discussion on the implications of increased artificial intelligence deployment within the legal labor market. AI technologies offer significant potential to enhance accuracy and efficiency in legal practice, enabling attorneys to fulfill professional ethical duties such as diligence and competence while reducing costs to clients. At the same time, these developments raise pressing questions about the long-term sustainability of the profession, including potential impacts on hiring practices and the training of junior lawyers. Professors Harry Surden and David Levine will provide a rigorous and clear-eyed analysis of these dynamics, followed by a panel of local experts offering critical observations and emerging insights on the future role of AI in the legal sector.


Presented by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at Colorado Law and Silicon Flatirons.

Led by Director Melanie Kay, the x Ethics Series will focus in the upcoming year on a variety of critical ethical implications and considerations arising from novel technologies and business practices. Sessions will feature keynote speakers, expert panels, and community discussion, often with ethics CLE credit available.


Sessions

11/10/25 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Networking Reception

@ Wolf Law Bldg, Schaden Commons


Light dinner and refreshments provided.
11/10/25 5:45pm - 5:50pm
Welcome

@ Room 204 & Livestream


Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss
Dean and Provost’s Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
11/10/25 5:50pm - 6:05pm
Overview: Technology and Employment

Harry Surden
Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
11/10/25 6:05pm - 6:40pm
Fireside Chat

Harry Surden
Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
David Levine
Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Professor of Law, Elon University School of Law
11/10/25 6:40pm - 6:50pm
Break

11/10/25 6:50pm - 7:45pm
Panel Discussion

Melanie Kay
(Moderator)
Director, Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program and Associate Teaching Professor, University of Colorado Law School
Russell Cropanzano
Ted Anderson Professor of Free Enterprise, CU Boulder Leeds School of Business
Erin Gilmore
Head of Global Inside Sales, Legora
Lucy Stark
Managing Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
Morgan Tregenza
Founder and CEO, levelheaded

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