2025
AI, LAW AND ACCESS TO
JUSTICE FESTIVAL
Registration now open
Understanding the Role of Technology Role in Advancing Legal Services
Welcome to the AI, Law and Access to Justice Festival 2025
The three day festival from the 1st to the 3rd July aims to position itself at the forefront of AI, Law and Access to Justice. It spans over three days, offering a range of roundtables and seminars.
We bring together scholars, lawyers and civil service professionals to explore and shape the future of legal services. Through a series of seminars and panels, we will focus on leveraging AI to enhance access to justice while also upskilling the current generation of lawyers to navigate and thrive in this rapidly evolving landscape. Through collaboration and innovation, we aim to ensure that the legal field is prepared to meet the needs of tomorrow’s society.
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All proceeds from the event go towards funding access to justice initiatives run by the Surrey Law School
Day 1, features two roundtables with expert panels and three seminars, including a special session on Large Language Models in law.
Day 2, join us for two roundtables with expert panels, three seminars, and an exciting hackathon. ​
Grab your half day tickets on Day 3 to join us for two panels and a great networking opportunity with participants from over 15 international law firms, including magic circle and silver circle firms.
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Meet your Speakers and Tutors
1st July 2025
SEMINAR
Prof Paul Krause
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Challenges of conversational aspects in LLMs: legal examples
SEMINAR
Prof Ryan Abbott
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Artificial inventors & new paradigms
SEMINAR
Dr Feja Lesniewska
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
AI, environmental governance and access to justice
ROUNDTABLE CHAIRED BY
Jacob Turner
BARRISTER AND AUTHOR OF ROBOT RULES
Who is responsible when AI causes harm?
2nd July 2025
SEMINAR
Dr Carla Bonina
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Global digital powers, AI, & regulation
3rd July 2025
SEMINAR
Greg Baker
LINKLATERS
AI and skills for the future lawyer
SEMINAR
Dr Mikolaj Barzentewicz
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Will privacy law stop AI?
ROUNDTABLE CHAIRED BY
Prof Felix Steffek
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
How AI changes the way we solve our conflicts
SEMINAR
Nick Atkins
STEVENS & BOLTON
How AI will shape the future of the legal profession
ROUNDTABLE CHAIRED BY
Dr Caroline Green
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD |DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AT THE OXFORD INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS IN AI
AI and human rights of older persons?
TICKETS
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The AI, Law and Access to Justice Festival is organised by the Surrey Law School at the University of Surrey, Guildford. Home to the pioneering computer scientist and mathematician Alan Turing
