The SciTech Lawyer Perspective

Consent as Friction: Rethinking Digital Consent

In this episode of The SciTech Lawyer Perspective, Host Donata Stroink-Skillrud sits down with Nikolas Guggenberger to discuss his concept of "consent as friction." The episode explores why modern digital consent often fails and how laywers, companies, and regulators should rethink the role of consent online.

The Expanding Digital Border: AI, Surveillance, and the Fight for Justice

In this episode of The SciTech Lawyer Perspective, Host Aaron Gothelf sits down with immigration attorney James Chesser and Kit Walsh of the Electronic Frontier Foundation to discuss James' Immigration and Human Rights Law Review article, "The Expanding Digital Border: AI, Surveillance, and the fight for Justice." The episode explores how borders are evolving into AI-driven "digital filters" that predict risk and intent, reshaping what it means to cross and raising urgent questions about accountability. The speakers examine whether these systems make immigration fairer or simply more opaque—and whether their errors are becoming harder to challenge. The original article can be accessed at: https://scholarship.law.uc.edu/ihrlr/vol7/iss1/2/ [https://scholarship.law.uc.edu/ihrlr/vol7/iss1/2/]

Defending the rule of law with ABA's ROLI

In this episode of The SciTech Lawyer Perspective, Host Donata Stroink-Skillrud sits down with Ravy Uong to discuss the work of American Bar Association's Rule of Law Initiative and its various projects defending the rule of law and Internet Freedom. They explore projects in Southeast Asia and Africa and how lawyers can help defend the rule of law. Invest in Justice, Build a Better World. For more information about ABA Rule of Law Initiatives or to support any ABA project, please visit the ABA Fund for Justice and Education webpage [https://giving.americanbar.org/pages/home-2656].

Why Silos Fail: Governing Cybersecurity, Privacy, and AI

In this episode of The SciTech Lawyer Perspective, host Donata Stroink-Skillrud sits down with Shannon Ralich, Vice President of Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer at Machinify, to explore why siloed governance models fail and how organizations can build integrated, future-ready programs.

A Lawyer's Guide to AI: Ten Essential Concepts

In this episode of The SciTech Lawyer Perspective, American Arbitration Association Commercial Vice President Aaron Gothelf interviews ABA Science & Technology Law Section's Chair-Elect, Matt Henshon to discuss his new book, "A Lawyer's Guide to AI: Ten Essential Concepts." The conversation traces AI's development from early predictive models to modern generative tools, emphasizing the role of data, pattern recognition, and prediction. Matt examines what distinguishes generative AI from earlier forms of machine learning, how data quality shapes AI outcomes, and why challenges such as overfitting and opacity pose problems for AI users. From a legal perspective, the episode examines algorithmic accountability, the adequacy of existing legal frameworks, and the issues lawyers and policymakers should be paying the closest attention to.