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AI Sidebar

by Stanford Law School, Stanford Law AI Initiative

At the intersection of AI and law, the ground is shifting faster than almost anyone can keep up with. Hosted by Irene Liu of Stanford Law School’s AI Initiative, AI Sidebar brings together leading academics, technologists, policymakers, lawyers, and industry leaders to unpack where AI is headed and what it means for law, business, society, and all of us. From the heart of the Bay Area, where AI is being built, debated, and put to the test, the show cuts through the noise to unpack the biggest developments shaping law, business, society, and all of us. Each episode asks the questions that matter: Who is accountable when AI calls the shots, how should we regulate powerful new tools, and what skills will tomorrow’s lawyers need? AI Sidebar is a clear, timely guide to how AI is reshaping the law and how the law may shape the future of AI.

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How AI Is Reshaping Legal Hiring, Law Firm Roles, and In-House Careers

How is AI changing the legal hiring market, and what do lawyers need to do to stay competitive? In this episode of AI Sidebar, Irene Liu talks with Anna Gorodetsky, a pa

Sep 14
38 min

Why Open Source AI Is Having Its Moment, and What Legal Leaders Need to Know

What does open source AI really mean, why does it matter, and what should legal and business leaders be thinking about as the landscape continues to evolve? In this epis

Aug 31
38 min

AI-Native, Lawyer-Centered: Building the Law Firm of the Future

What does it take to build a good AI-native law firm when the goal is not just efficiency, but giving lawyers more leverage, more agency, and more space for the human jud

Aug 17
25 min

How Agentic AI Is Redefining the Role of the Product Counsel

For product lawyers, the agentic era is changing more than the tools; it is changing how products are built, how risks surface, and how legal advice reaches the business.

Aug 3
35 min

When AI Answers Beat Law Professors: What It Means for Lawyers and Law Schools

What does it mean for quality, legal expertise, and judgment when law professors actually prefer AI answers over answers written by other law professors in a blind study?

Jul 20
35 min

Legal Engineers: The New AI Role Reshaping Law

Legal teams are not just adopting AI tools, they need to reimagine the work; who should do the work, how it should be done, and what should be redesigned entirely. In th

Jul 6
36 min

CLO playbook: Leading through AI and Corporate Transformation

How can Chief Legal Officers lead AI transformation in ways that are strategic, practical, and tied to how legal work actually gets done? In this episode of AI Sidebar,

Jun 29
40 min

Law Schools in the Age of AI

How should law schools respond when AI begins to reshape not only the tools of lawyering but the profession’s core responsibilities? In the debut episode of AI Sidebar,

Jun 22
38 min

AI Sidebar Trailer

At the intersection of AI and law, the ground is shifting faster than almost anyone can keep up with. Hosted by Irene Liu of Stanford Law School’s AI Initiative, AI Sideb

Jun 15
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