Upcoming Events
Clarke Prize in Legal Ethics CLE
April 3, 2025
In-person at the Barbieri Court Room, Gonzaga Law School
The annual Clarke Family Prize in Legal Ethics CLE is an annual Continuing Legal Education event focusing on the topic of professional responsibility.
More details coming soon.
Value and Responsibility in AI Technologies Conference
April 3-4, 2025
Hosted by CLEC & Gonzaga University's Department of Philosophy
AI and digital technologies are playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives and the fundamental shaping of society. With the explosion of AI in the last few years its wide-reaching impact is already been felt around the world, from AI generated text and video to AI assistants. In the development and design of these technologies there are basic questions concerning value and responsibility. Values are everywhere and many things are value-laden, even if we do not realise it. Technologies are similarly value-laden, or at least they ought to be. At the same time, many think that AI technologies ought to be responsible. A piece of technology or the creator and developer of the technology is held accountable somehow, or again, they ought to be. This has led to such labels as ‘Responsible AI’.The idea of connecting value and responsibility with AI technologies is gaining traction within the academic world, politics, and industry. Many universities are beginning to explore this idea with ethically focused initiatives on AI, sometimes working with a faith-based framework and a direct concern for the common good. However, the question of how and where value and responsibility arise and ought to be recognised in AI and digital technologies needs more expert attention than it is currently receiving.
This conference brings together scholars and thinkers from academia and industry to examine and discuss these ethical issues and to work towards solutions on how to design value-laden AI and digital technologies and also ensure that they are developed responsibly. Through a diverse range of issues, participants at the conference will dive deep into the ethical aspects of AI and digital technologies, sharing research results and proposing solutions to address the ethical problems that such technologies can pose, while recognising that these technologies have immense power to shape our lives and society for the better. In this way AI technologies can help us to serve the common good and uphold principles of democracy, equity, fairness, justice, and human dignity.
AI and digital technologies are playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives and the fundamental shaping of society. With the explosion of AI in the last few years its wide-reaching impact is already been felt around the world, from AI generated text and video to AI assistants. In the development and design of these technologies there are basic questions concerning value and responsibility. Values are everywhere and many things are value-laden, even if we do not realise it. Technologies are similarly value-laden, or at least they ought to be. At the same time, many think that AI technologies ought to be responsible. A piece of technology or the creator and developer of the technology is held accountable somehow, or again, they ought to be. This has led to such labels as ‘Responsible AI’.
The idea of connecting value and responsibility with AI technologies is gaining traction within the academic world, politics, and industry. Many universities are beginning to explore this idea with ethically focused initiatives on AI, sometimes working with a faith-based framework and a direct concern for the common good. However, the question of how and where value and responsibility arise and ought to be recognised in AI and digital technologies needs more expert attention than it is currently receiving.
This conference brings together scholars and thinkers from academia and industry to examine and discuss these ethical issues and to work towards solutions on how to design value-laden AI and digital technologies and also ensure that they are developed responsibly. Through a diverse range of issues, participants at the conference will dive deep into the ethical aspects of AI and digital technologies, sharing research results and proposing solutions to address the ethical problems that such technologies can pose, while recognising that these technologies have immense power to shape our lives and society for the better. In this way AI technologies can help us to serve the common good and uphold principles of democracy, equity, fairness, justice, and human dignity.AI and digital technologies are playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives and the fundamental shaping of society. With the explosion of AI in the last few years its wide-reaching impact is already been felt around the world, from AI generated text and video to AI assistants. In the development and design of these technologies there are basic questions concerning value and responsibility. Values are everywhere and many things are value-laden, even if we do not realise it. Technologies are similarly value-laden, or at least they ought to be. At the same time, many think that AI technologies ought to be responsible. A piece of technology or the creator and developer of the technology is held accountable somehow, or again, they ought to be. This has led to such labels as ‘Responsible AI’.
The idea of connecting value and responsibility with AI technologies is gaining traction within the academic world, politics, and industry. Many universities are beginning to explore this idea with ethically focused initiatives on AI, sometimes working with a faith-based framework and a direct concern for the common good. However, the question of how and where value and responsibility arise and ought to be recognised in AI and digital technologies needs more expert attention than it is currently receiving.
This conference brings together scholars and thinkers from academia and industry to examine and discuss these ethical issues and to work towards solutions on how to design value-laden AI and digital technologies and also ensure that they are developed responsibly. Through a diverse range of issues, participants at the conference will dive deep into the ethical aspects of AI and digital technologies, sharing research results and proposing solutions to address the ethical problems that such technologies can pose, while recognising that these technologies have immense power to shape our lives and society for the better. In this way AI technologies can help us to serve the common good and uphold principles of democracy, equity, fairness, justice, and human dignity.
Past Events
Speed Networking with Business & Commercial Law Attorneys
April 4, 2024
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. PST
In-person at the Chief Justice Mary Fairhust Bench-Bar Room, Gonzaga Law School
Hosted by the CLEC & CPDEx
Clarke Prize in Legal Ethics CLE
Professional Responsibility & DEIA: The Legal Ethics of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
April 11, 2024
5:00 - 7:30 p.m. PST
In-person at the Barbieri Court Room, Gonzaga Law School
Expo '74: 50 years of Environmental Justice in the Inland Northwest
April 12, 2024
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. PST
In-person at the Barbieri Court Room, Gonzaga Law School Or via Zoom
Hosted by Gonzaga Law School's Center for Law, Ethics, and Commerce
And Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment, United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Washington, Washington State Attorney General's Office