2025 Pittsburgh Legal AI Summit
Join a select gathering of lawyers, legal operations leaders, AI researchers, and academic thinkers for a free one-day summit at Carnegie Mellon University.
The legal AI conversation has become crowded and confusing. At the summit, we will cut through the noise to explore:
What today’s AI can (and can’t) do for legal, and where the next five years are headed
Direct insights from AI researchers developing tomorrow’s legal tools
How legal professionals are shaping AI adoption within their organizations
Real-world examples from peers already testing and applying AI across legal operations and daily work
Practical guidance on responsible implementation of legal technology in an AI-driven world
Hosted by Coheso in collaboration with CMU’s Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, this event brings together the leading voices shaping how AI is built, governed, and applied across the legal domain.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Agenda
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Arrival and Coffee
10:30 - 11:00 AM | Opening Keynote: AI and Law Research Milestones
Professor Kevin D. Ashley, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Co-Editor-in-Chief, Artificial Intelligence and Law
11:00 - 11:30 AM | Featured Academic Speaker: Advances in GenAI and the Five-Year Horizon
Associate Professor Graham Neubig, Carnegie Mellon University, Language Technology Institute in the School of Computer Science
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Panel: Legal and Ethical Considerations - The Evolving Role of Legal Professionals at AI-Adopting Enterprises
Stephen Chen, General Counsel, Duolingo
Ned Gannon, Co-Founder & CEO, Coheso
Hoda Heidari, K&L Gates Career Development Assistant Professor in Ethics and Computational Technologies, Carnegie Mellon University
12:15 - 12:45 PM | Panel: Making of a “Super Lawyer” - AI for Legal Operations and Legal Work
Kyle Bahr, AI Innovation Manager, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Matthew D’Emilio, Director, University Contracts Office, Office of the General Counsel, Carnegie Mellon University
12:45 - 1:00 PM | Lightning Talk: Latest Research and Applications in Legal and Privacy AI
Chirag Mehta, Co-Founder & Head of Product, Coheso
1:00 - 2:00 PM | Networking Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 PM | Panel: Implementing Legal Technology in an AI World
Hannah Boss, Legal Operations Lead, Grove Collaborative
Ashley Willoughby, Director, Legal Operations, Coherent
Ashley Yohe, Head of Global Legal Operations, PPG Industries
2:30 - 3:00 PM | Panel: Academic Progress on AI and Latest Legal Research
Associate Professor Dr. Travis D. Breaux, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University and Director of CMU Requirements Engineering Lab
Assistant Professor of Law Morgan A. Gray, University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)
Dr. Jaromir Savelka, Researcher Associate, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University and Vice President, International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL)
3:00 - 3:15 PM | Break
3:15 - 3:45 PM | Lightning Talks: Latest Research and Applications in Legal and Privacy AI
Aditya Rathod, Co-Founder & CTO, Coheso
Li Zhang, Ph.D student, AI & Law, University of Pittsburgh
3:45 - 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks
4:00 - 6:00 PM | Networking and Drinks