Latest Events
February 19, 2025
Respectfully Dissent: A Series on Agreeable Disagreement – The TikTok Ban

The TikTok ban: a legal congressional policy or an abridgment of our First Amendment rights (with a side of xenophobia)? The Supreme Court recently upheld Congress’s authority to ban TikTok from operating in the United States unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company. Does this assertion of Congressional power threaten fundamental freedoms—or constitute […]
February 5, 2025
Latham & Watkins Forum: State AGs on Justice, Law, and Policy in the Trump Era

Acting individually and collectively, state attorneys general have long played a critical role in shaping law and policy and pursuing justice. How do states’ top law enforcers think about their roles as a new federal administration gets underway? What are their chief concerns? How do state AGs think about their relationship with the federal government? […]
January 30, 2025
Innovation Policy Colloquium: Ignacio Cofone

The Innovation Policy Colloquium focuses each year on different aspects of the law’s role in promoting creativity, invention, and new technology. This year, we will discuss the theoretical and practical challenges at the intersection of the regulation of data privacy (or data protection) and artificial intelligence, with attention to the current global sociotechnical situation.
January 23, 2025
Innovation Policy Colloquium: Talia Gillis

The Innovation Policy Colloquium focuses each year on different aspects of the law’s role in promoting creativity, invention, and new technology. This year, we will discuss the theoretical and practical challenges at the intersection of the regulation of data privacy (or data protection) and artificial intelligence, with attention to the current global socio-technical situation.
December 2, 2024
Fireside Chat with Jen Easterly

Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was in conversation with Judi Germano, Adjunct Professor of Law and Distinguished/Senior Fellow, CCS/RCLS to discuss current issues in cybersecurity, key takeaways from Easterly’s role at CISA, and the intersection between national security and AI. This event was co-hosted by the NYU Center for Cybersecurity, Reiss […]
November 22, 2024
AI Agents in the Physical World: Balancing Safety & Performance

Balancing safety and performance is crucial to deploying autonomous agents in physical environments. In particular, autonomous racing is a domain that penalizes safe but conservative policies, highlighting the need for robust, adaptive strategies. Current approaches either make simplifying assumptions about other agents or lack robust mechanisms for online adaptation. In this talk we explore the […]
November 20, 2024
Fintech Speaker Series: A Fireside Chat featuring Dr. Andrew Ang

On Wednesday, November 20, NYU Stern’s Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation will host a Fireside Chat featuring Dr. Andrew Ang, Managing Director and Head of Factors, Sustainable and Solutions (FS-Squared), BlackRock. The discussion is moderated by NYU Stern Professor Kathleen DeRose, Director of the Fubon Fintech initiative.
October 30, 2024
The U.S. Elections on a Global Stage

Please join the Reiss Center on Law and Security for a virtual discussion moderated by Reiss Center Non-Resident Senior Fellow Michael Wahid Hanna. An expert panel will discuss what the upcoming elections mean for the international community and global institutions, consider how global issues may inform the elections, and examine potential shifts in future U.S. […]
October 21, 2024
Has the AI Election Threat Materialized?

Co-sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice, this virtual event will explore what NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics learned about AI in the 2024 race — and what else we should look for in the weeks before (and after) Election Day.
October 8, 2024
Social Media and the 2024 U.S. Election

Despite the many sources of uncertainty heading into the 2024 U.S. elections, one thing we do know is that digital media – including online media, social media, and now generative AI – will play a crucial role in how Americans share and receive information about the election. Join faculty and researchers from NYU Center for […]
October 1, 2024
Ai(m) For the Future: Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of a Digital Society

The KU Leuven, the oldest university in Belgium, celebrates its 600th birthday in 2025: six centuries of groundbreaking research, inspiring teaching and active engagement in the world – and we would love for you to commemorate this with us! AI(M) for the Future: Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of a Digital Society serves as a testament […]
September 26, 2024
Public-Private Partnerships: 14th Cybersecurity Lecture Sponsored by AIG

Public-Private Partnerships are critical to keeping our world safe and secure, even beyond cybersecurity and protecting our critical infrastructure. But what are they, how do they work, and how can we ensure they have the support and investment to be successful? We’ll discuss public-private partnerships from a government, industry, and academic perspective and address the […]
July 9, 2024
Fireside Chat: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Cyber Landscape

Please join us on Tuesday, July 9 for a virtual fireside chat with former White House Deputy National Cyber Director Camille Stewart Gloster. With experience as an attorney, private sector executive, and national security official, Stewart Gloster will share her invaluable perspective on the complex tech and national security issues shaping today’s cyber landscape. She will […]
July 8-10, 2024
ICON·S conference on The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence

The tenth conference of the International Society of Public Law (ICON·S) will be held in Madrid, Spain at IE University Law School, on July 8-10, 2024. The conference will explore the theme of The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence in a number of plenary sessions and parallel panels. Conference program and more information are […]
March 25, 2024
NYU in Dialogue: Talking Across the Aisle

David Greene — host of the Left, Right & Center podcast and show on NPR stations nationwide — and StoryCorps’ Christopher Norris welcome special guests to the NYU Skirball stage for a stimulating conversation across the aisle. Joined by Amina Amdeen — whose 2016 election story has moved millions of people worldwide — the group offers a glimpse into productive political dialogue […]
March 25, 2024
NYU Law Women: Perspectives on the No AI Fraud Act

“Perspectives on the No AI Fraud Act” will feature a panel of experts and academics who have written about intellectual property and proposals to regulate artificial intelligence with a particular focus on the No AI Fraud Act (H.R.6943). Of particular interest will be the anti-revenge porn clauses and the history of policy concerns associated with […]
March 1, 2024
Greenberg Traurig on Artificial Intelligence

Join us as we welcome attorneys from Greenberg Traurig for an in-person panel on the burgeoning field of Artificial Intelligence. During this panel, associates will share how Greenberg Traurig has adapted to developing technologies, explore opportunities with AI internally and externally, and consider hurdles to overcome as the industry grows.
Past Events
February 29, 2024
JustSecurity: A Conversation with Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, United States

On Feb. 29, 2024, Just Security welcomed the Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, to NYU School of Law for an event in celebration of Just Security’s 10th anniversary year. Just Security’s Co-Editors-in-Chief, Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman, introduced Director Haines who delivered remarks regarding strategic declassification, the role of law, and transparency in the […]
January 31, 2024
AI in Law Practice: What You Need to Know

AI stands to “radically alter” or “revolutionize” law practice, according to recent reports from, respectively, the Economist magazine and the Brookings Institution. Both suggested the that the jobs of junior associates at big law firms are particularly at risk from the technology. A New York Times article offered a more cautious take, saying that “the impact of the new […]
January 26, 2024
2024 Next Generation of Antitrust, Data Privacy and Data Protection Scholars Conference

This day long Next Generation of Antitrust, Data Privacy & Data Protection Scholars Conference provides an opportunity for professors in law, economics, accounting, finance, management, information system, operations management, and marketing who began their full-time tenure-track career in or after 2016 to present their latest research. Senior scholars and practitioners in the field will comment […]
January 26, 2024
Women Leaders in Cybersecurity Conference

Women Leaders in Cybersecurity presents our January 26, 2024 program, Regs Risk & Opportunity: New Cyber Rules, AI’s Impact, Evolving Your Career. Returning to in-person programming, more than a dozen leaders, including government officials, corporate board members, industry VPs, law firm partners, and professors will share insight on the new cyber rules from the SEC […]
January 24, 2024
Regulating AI in Japan and the United States

As interest in AI surges around the world, interest by governments in regulating it is also surging. Many nations have enacted or are considering a range of measures, including pursuing cross-border collaborations for a consistent approach. Concerns about the risks and harms of AI technology are wide-ranging, including fairness, privacy, safety, and transparency. Regulatory discussions […]
January 16, 2024
Beyond the Clickbait: The Impact of A.I. on Cybersecurity

The narratives around AI and Cybersecurity are the modern day Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: turn to page 10 and AI is solving many of today’s cyber problems and ushering in a new era of strong privacy protections and digital security. But turn to page 20 and AI is instead empowering attackers to overwhelm defenses and undermine the digital foundations […]
December 4, 2023
Toward a Goldilocks Deal on 702 Surveillance Reform

In this virtual discussion, a panel of leading experts with diverse perspectives will examine the current state of play with respect to proposed legislation and the prospects for reauthorization; areas of likely or imaginable compromise; how U.S. national security and individual privacy could be impacted by various proposals; and what might lie ahead for the […]