Eran Kahana to Teach the "Artificial Intelligence and the Law" Course at the University of Minnesota Law School

Eran Kahana, an attorney in Maslon’s Corporate & Securities Group, will teach the "Artificial Intelligence and the Law" class as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School beginning in January. The class introduces students to the complex legal issues that arise from the use of AI and helps train the next generation of lawyers on dealing with the challenges presented by this technology.

Eran is an experienced attorney concentrating his practice on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property law. He counsels clients on a wide variety of matters related to cybersecurity, privacy, technology law, artificial intelligence, trademarks, patents, and copyright issues.

The co-author of The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines, a publication of the American Bar Association, Eran is a fellow at Stanford Law School, a member of the advisory board of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Law Society, and a member of the Scientific Council of the Israeli Association for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. He also serves in a variety of cybersecurity thought-leadership roles in which he publishes and lectures on the intersect between the law and artificial intelligence. Eran is a graduate of the FBI's Citizen Academy and works closely with the FBI, Department of Justice, Secret Service, and colleagues from the private and academic sectors to promote and sustain cybersecurity best practices. To that end, Eran serves as general counsel of InfraGard (Minnesota Chapter) and as a member of the Governance Committee of the InfraGard National Members Alliance, a public-private sector organization affiliated with the FBI. He also serves on the advisory board of MN Cyber, an organization dedicated to position Minnesota as a national leader in cybersecurity.