Judge Margaret McKeown to Keynote Seattle University School of Law’s 2026 TILE Symposium

Sept. 29 program will address AI’s effects on contracts, legal education, professional ethics, and access to justice.

SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, August 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Seattle University School of Law’s Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) Institute will convene legal scholars, judges, attorneys and students on Tuesday, Sept. 29, for its annual symposium examining how artificial intelligence can advance or undermine integrity and equity in the legal system.

Titled “Legal Technology for Equitable Justice: Expanding Integrity, Privacy, and Education in an Ever-Evolving AI Landscape,” the symposium will take place in Room C5 of Sullivan Hall at Seattle University School of Law. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., opening remarks begin at 10:15 a.m., and a reception will follow the program. Registration is available through the symposium website.

Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Margaret McKeown, Seattle University School of Law’s jurist-in-residence, will deliver the keynote address. School of Law Dean Anthony E. Varona and Margaret Chon, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the TILE Institute, will provide opening remarks.

The program will examine AI’s implications across three areas of the legal system:

Contracts, AI and access to justice
Legal education and AI
Legal practice and ethical access to technology

“Integrity is key to the rule of law and public trust in the legal system,” said Professor Chon. “And artificial intelligence has a transformative impact on the practice of law. Yet a lack of systematic proficiency, clarity, and governance over this rapidly evolving technology raises grave concerns about maintaining integrity throughout the legal system. This symposium explores how artificial intelligence offers both great promise to improve access to justice and equally enormous potential to entrench inequality. It examines its impacts on contract law, legal education, and the ethics of legal practice.”

Speakers will represent Seattle University School of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, WashU Law, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Suffolk University Law School, the University of Minnesota Law School, the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, Microsoft, Amazon, King County Superior Court, and private practice.

The program will conclude with a reception and presentation of the TILE Institute Alumnus of the Year Award to Robert C. Cumbow, Partner at Miller Nash LLP and a 1991 Seattle University School of Law graduate. The complete agenda and speaker list are available on the symposium website.

The 2026 TILE Symposium is co-sponsored by the Seattle University Law Review.

About the TILE Institute

The Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) Institute at Seattle University School of Law integrates technology and innovation law with an emphasis on ethics and social justice. Its areas of focus include artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy, intellectual property, entrepreneurship and the ethical use of technology in legal practice.

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