William & Mary Law Podcast

In this episode, Evan Strasnick, a Stanford Ph.D. candidate researching Human-Computer Interactions, joins host Nicholas Sas and CLCT’s Deputy Director Iria Giuffrida for a discussion on how to define AI, how to interpret AI-driven results, the importance of data, and the ethical implications of using such technology.

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School, Stanford University or any other affiliated institutions.

This episode kicks off a new podcast series looking at the developing legal landscape surrounding smart city technology. Innovations such as smart homes, smart transportation, autonomous vehicles, and the like have the capacity to take city planning by storm, and upend the way citizens and businesses interact with the communities within which they live and work. This innovation comes with great promises, but also its share of problems. The most often discussed issues are concerns surrounding data and personal privacy, cybersecurity, and liability. Recognizing that there are likely other legal challenges associated with this technology, our research teams plan to introduce discussion that goes beyond these immediate legal questions. In this episode, Buswell Post-Grad Fellow Lindsey Whitlow hosts the Smart Cities Research Team—CLCT Research Fellows Alex Pratt, Ott Lindstrom, and Katherine Sorrell—in giving a broad overview of what smart cities are and how they implicate the law. For resources and additional information found in this episode, click here for a PDF: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/exhibit-ai---exhibit-6---additional-resources.pdf

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions.

In this first in-depth discussion of the interaction between the law and smart cities, we examine how the First Amendment may be implicated. Of the enumerated rights granted under the U.S. Constitution, those of the First Amendment are often hailed the most important and fundamental rights afforded to U.S. citizens. The big question, then, is whether smart cities will “chill” the ability for citizens to take advantage of these rights. CLCT Research Fellows Taylor Lain (host) and Alex Pratt explore the implications of public-private partnerships in smart cities on the freedom of speech, freedom to petition, and freedom of assembly. For resources and additional information found in this episode, click here for a PDF: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/exhibit-ai---exhibit-7---additional-resources.pdf

Special thanks go to Professor Timothy Zick, John Marshall Professor of Government and Citizenship and Cabell Research Professor, for his assistance with First Amendment doctrine.

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions.

In this episode, CLCT Research Fellows Taylor Lain (host), Katherine Sorrell, and Alex Pratt explore the implications of smart city technology for members of the intellectual and developmentally disabled (“I/DD”) community. As the world’s largest minority group, the I/DD community has the unique characteristic of being intersectional—many members of the community are also members of other minority groups. Tracing the history of legal protection for this community, real visibility in the law is only as recent as 30 years ago, with the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990). Our Fellows note that smart city technologists and engineers have the opportunity to account for the difficulties faced by this group before and during the design process, rather than as an afterthought. For resources and additional information found in this episode, click here for a PDF: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/exhibit-ai---exhibit-9---additional-resources.pdf

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions.

Continuing our discussion of smart city technology and civil rights, CLCT Research Fellows Taylor Lain (host), Katherine Sorrell, and Alex Pratt explore the implications of specific smart city technology, such as facial recognition, predictive policing, and risk-assessment tools, and how these tools may affect minority or disadvantaged populations. While it is clear that there are major benefits in law enforcement using this technology, the team also discusses common concerns about the use and misuse of data gathered for such purposes. They then examine how one group in particular, immigrant communities, may be impacted by facial recognition technology. For resources and additional information on topics covered in this episode, click here for a PDF: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/smart-cities---exhibit-10-additional-resources.pdf

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions.

In this episode, 2019-2020 postgraduate Buswell Research Fellow Lindsey Whitlow hosts recent William & Mary Law School graduates Alex Pratt and Andrew Parslow. The discussion begins with a brief history of the discipline of urban planning before diving into just some of the complexities of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Our researchers explore how smart city plans may come into conflict with the Takings Clause, and how some technologies that may benefit the smart city could also run into problems with existing laws and regulations. For resources and additional information found in this episode, click here for a PDF: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/exhibit-ai---exhibit-11---additional-resources.pdf

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions.

In this episode, 2019-2020 postgraduate Buswell Research Fellow Lindsey Whitlow hosts her final episode before the conclusion of her fellowship. She is joined by CLCT Research Fellows Katherine Sorrell, Mechelle King, and Sam Habein to discuss the global implications of smart city technology. Our researchers explore how smart city plans may come into conflict with International Human Rights Law, and discuss governance of multinational corporations as a part of the ongoing conversation on public-private partnerships in this space. After taking a brief look at International Human Rights Law and several important U.N. Declarations, each of our Fellows takes in turn a case study based on a self-proclaimed smart city to provide tangible examples of how this technology can affect human rights. For resources and additional information found in this episode, click here for a PDF: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/smart-cities---exhibit-12-additional-resources.pdf

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions

CLCT’s AI Senior Research Fellow, April Sawhill, debuts with her first episode of Exhibit AI. She is joined by CLCT Research Fellows Brennan McGovern and CLCT Cybersecurity Researcher Daniel Shin to discuss the rise of misinformation and disinformation. Our researchers explore how automation within information systems can facilitate disorder in our society. As Brennan lays the landscape of misinformation and disinformation within social media networks, Daniel discusses the dangers of deep fakes and potential strategies to combat disinformation. For resources and additional information found in this episode, click here for a PDF: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/smart-cities---exhibit-13-additional-resources.pdf

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions.

In this episode, Senior AI Research Fellow April Sawhill hosts Cisco Principal Engineer, Chris Shenefiel, and CLCT Cybersecurity Researcher, Daniel Shin, to discuss recent supply chain ransomware attacks in the United States. Examining the cyberattacks on SolarWinds and Kaseya VSA, our guests explain how threat actors infiltrated these systems to push out malicious code to service provider customers. Critical information about incident response plans and mitigation tactics is provided, as well as considerations on ransom payments. For resources and additional information found in this episode, click here for a PDF: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/exhibit-ai---exhibit-14-additional-resources.pdf

The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions.

On February 10, 2021, William & Mary Law School’s Center for the Study of Law and Markets hosted Professor Bruce Caldwell, who presented a lecture entitled "The Life and Contributions of F.A. Hayek."

Prof. Caldwell is Research Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University.