8th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference - Friday June 6, 2025

Please join us for the free and fully virtual 8th annual innovation and technology law conference, Friday June 6, 2025, this year focusing on Regulating Artificial Intelligence: From Where and When?

The conference is sponsored by Seattle University School of Law,  its TILE Program (Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics), its SITIE Initiative (Summer Initiative for Technology, Innovation, and Ethics);  the Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law (SJTEIL); and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.   

National and local speakers will engage these panel topics:

  • Guidance from International Regulation Sources
  • The Cases for Industry Self-Regulation and Government Regulation of AI
  • Conference Spotlight: Politics in a World of AI Misinformation: Regulatory Approaches  
  • Analyzing the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence to Racially Inclusive Democracy
  • AI Regulation from Domestic Sources: From Where and When? 
  • AI Regulation: The Role of Washington State Legal Organizations (CLE credit pending for this panel)

Free registration is available at:

8th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference

Seattle is the beating heart of a vibrant entrepreneurial community that pulses with creativity and ingenuity. Learn how to contribute legal expertise to these cutting-edge innovators at Seattle University School of Law’s Summer Initiative for Technology, Innovation, and Ethics (SITIE — pronounced CITY) where law students can:

  • Gain an insider’s view into Seattle’s startup culture by connecting with lawyers and executives at the region’s most innovative companies.
  • Learn from faculty with deep expertise in technology, ethics, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and more.
  • Confront current policy issues while immersing yourself in both the theory and the practice of counseling business innovators and innovation.
  • Participate in a unique structure that allows students to earn up to seven transferable law school credits in just five weeks of mostly virtual online instruction.

Students are encouraged to take the Immersion Course: Lawyering for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Students can also choose from three additional courses on related topics, including artificial intelligence, the role of in-house counsel, and advising start-ups.

Courses and Schedule

Additional Information

Generative AI: Infringement or Innovation?

7th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference

Sponsored by the Seattle University School of Law Program in Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics; its SITIE institute (Summer Initiative for Technology, Innovation, and Ethics); the Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law (SJTEIL); and Miller Nash LLP.

Agenda: 7th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference (PDF)

Watch the conference on Vimeo

For written summaries of the conference panels see online symposium at: 2024SITIE SYMPOSIUM | SITIE2024 Symposium: Generative AI: Infringement or Innovation

Enroll in SITIE

Seattle University School of Law invites law students from all ABA-accredited law schools to join us for a summer of immersion into entrepreneurship, technology, and cutting edge legal careers.

Contact

Email Steve Bender for more information about the Summer Initiative for Technology, Innovation, and Ethics (SITIE).