2024 Cardozo Law Review Symposium: Ethics in the Judiciary and the Legal Profession: Are We in Crisis?
Cardozo Law Review, The Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy and the Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law were pleased to present the 2024 Cardozo Law Review Symposium: Ethics in the Judiciary and the Legal Profession: Are We in Crisis on March 15, 2024.
This symposium explored the recent conduct of Supreme Court justices and lawyers acting on behalf of former president Trump, which has led many to think that something has gone profoundly wrong at the most elite levels of the American legal profession.
Panelists also discussed the ethics controversies surrounding the Supreme Court, the role of bar discipline in the aftermath of the Trump presidency, and the risks and benefits of using courts to address unlawful conduct by political figures.
A recording of the Symposium can be found HERE.
Introductory Remarks: Hon. Daniel Goldman (D-NY), lead counsel in the first House impeachment of Trump
Panel I: Ethical Crisis at the Supreme Court? Who Should Respond, and How?
Panelists: Melissa Murray (NYU School of Law); Richard Painter (University of Minnesota Law School); James Sample (Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University)
Panel II: Ethical Crisis in the Profession? The Trump Lawyers and their Disciplinary Actions
Panelists: Renee Knake Jefferson (University of Houston Law Center); Sun Hui Kim (UCLA School of Law); Rebecca Roiphe (New York Law School); W. Bradley Wendel (Cornell Law School)
Panel III: Weaponized Law or Rule of Law? Using the Courts to Address Unlawful Conduct by Political Opponents
Panelists: Mary McCord (Georgetown University Law Center); Deborah Pearlstein (Princeton University); Daniel Richman (Columbia Law School); Robert Howse (NYU School of Law)
Closing Remarks: Representative Jamie Raskin (recorded)
2023 Cardozo Law Review Symposium: Automating Bias
Cardozo Law Review, The Samuel & Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance, The Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy and the Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law were pleased to present the 2023 Cardozo Law Review Symposium: Automating Bias on January 25, 2023.
This symposium explored the use of artificial intelligence (AI), the use of this technology in consumer credit markets, and the legal and policy issues surrounding these practices.
Photos by Staff Editor, David Davani. A recording of the Symposium can be found HERE.
Introductory Remarks: Matthew Adam Bruckner (Howard University School of Law)
Panel 1: Scoping Credit Discrimination in the Age of AI
This panel examined how the rise of AI in consumer credit markets expands the meaning of discrimination and fairness in lending.
Moderator: David Carlson (Cardozo School of Law)
Panelists:
Talia Gillis (Columbia Law School)
Ted Janger (Brooklyn Law School)
Katherine Welbeck (Student Borrower Protection Center)
Panel 2: Programming Fairness
This Panel examined technical solutions for mitigating discrimination risks in consumer credit markets arising from the use of AI.
Moderator: Pamela Foohey (Cardozo School of Law)
Panelists:
Dan Björkegren (Brown University)
Nat Hoopes (Upstart)
Paula-Rose Stark (FinReg Lab)
Nizan Packin (Baruch College/CUNY)
Lunch and Keynote: Fair Lending and the CFPB
A conversation with Patrice Ficklin (Fair Lending Director, CFPB) and Carol Evans (Deputy Fair Lending Director, CFPB)
Panel 3: Regulating Fair Lending
This panel explored regulatory responses to the discrimination and fairness risks generated by the increasing use of AI in consumer credit markets.
Moderator: Creola Johnson (Ohio State College of Law)
Panelists:
Kathleen Engel (Suffolk University Law School)
Cassandra Havard (University of South Carolina School of Law)
Colin Hector (FTC)
Vijay Raghavan (Brooklyn Law School)
Closing Remarks: Nikita Aggarwal (UCLA School of Law)