Mayer-Schönberger and Cukier on Big Data and Law

Professor Dr. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger of the Oxford Internet Institute and Kenneth Neil Cukier of The Economist gave a presentation entitled Big Data — and Its Dark Side, 6 March 2013, at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

The presentation concerned their new book entitled Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think (Houghton Mifflin, 2013).

The presentation includes some examples concerning legal data, including an analysis of topics discussed in proceedings of the British House of Commons, a study of the association between the ideology and citation practices of U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and predictive policing.

January 30: Georgetown Law Conference: Big Data and Big Challenges for Law and Legal Information

Some legal informatics and legal methodology presentations are being given at Georgetown Law Library Symposium in Celebration of 125 Years: Big Data and Big Challenges for Law and Legal Information, being held today, 30 January 2013, at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC.

Twitter hashtag for the event is #GtownLawBigData

Click here for the live webcast of the event.

The program appears below. I believe Josh Blackman’s presentation deals with quantitative legal prediction.

The conference organizers say they will post slides of many of the presentations.

9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Panel 1: Privacy Risks and Public Benefits of Big Data
Francine E. Friedman, Senior Policy Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Leslie Johnston, Chief of Repository Development; Manager, Technical Architecture Initiatives, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress
Paul Ohm, Professor, University of Colorado Law School; Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Trade Commission
Marylin J. Raisch, Associate Law Librarian for International and Foreign Law, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Panel 2: Big Data Applications in Scholarship and Policy I
Josh Blackman, Professor, South Texas College of Law
Carole Roan Gresenz, Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies
Bill LeFurgy, Digital Initiatives Manager, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress
Kathryn Zeiler, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Kumar Percy Jayasuriya, Associate Law Librarian for Patron Services, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Address
Spiros Dimolitsas, Senior Vice President for Research and Chief Technology Officer, Georgetown University

1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Panel 3: Big Data Applications in Scholarship and Policy II
Margaret O. Adams, Supervisory Archivist, Archival Electronic Records Operations, National Archives and Records Administration
Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center; Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Mark E. Herlihy, Deputy Director, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Joshua C. Teitelbaum, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Jason S. Zarin, Reference Librarian, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)

HT @GtownLawLib