Events
Lab-organized events — courses, talks, panels, and workshops — past and upcoming.
The Lab runs events for several audiences: 1Ls coming into the law school, faculty experimenting with AI in the classroom, judges and clerks participating in the Judiciary Testbed, and the broader Penn community. The events below trace the Lab’s public-facing programming since it was founded in 2023.
Recent and past events
A summer 2026 events calendar will be posted as it firms up.
- Mar 21 2026course March 21–22 and 28–29, 2026
AI Law Lab Bootcamp
A 2-credit, intensive 2-weekend capstone course built around hands-on AI legal-tool simulations. Two parallel tracks — Corporate (M&A due diligence) and Litigation (analytics & predictive strategy).
- Ongoing since 2025orientation September 2025; September 2023
AI 1L Orientation
Programming for incoming 1Ls covering AI capabilities and limits, professional-responsibility considerations, and how AI fits into the work of becoming a lawyer.
- Oct 1 2024workshop Fall 2024
Faculty Retreat AI Demos
Live AI demonstrations for Penn Carey Law faculty — image generation, class scripting, hypothetical creation, Virtual TA setup, AI essay grading.
- Nov 27 2023workshop November 2023
AI-Assisted Practice Exam Event
A study event for students working through practice exams in Contracts, Torts, Corporations, and Criminal Law — with structured AI-assistance protocols and post-event reflection.
- Nov 1 2023talk November 2023
AI Tech Talk #1
The Lab's first major public event — "You know ChatGPT exists… but now what?" — framing the practical questions the Lab has been answering since.
- Ongoing since 2023discussion Fall 2023 onward
Faculty Discussion Sessions
Smaller-group conversations among Penn Carey Law faculty about teaching with AI, AI use policies, and what the Lab is learning across its workstreams.