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TEDx, conference keynotes, partner retreats, boardrooms, and judicial conferences — a litigator, coder, and AI-builder translating where AI and the law are headed — and how to build our future.

Damien Riehl speaking from a podium under stage lighting.

Damien is a sought-after speaker on AI and the law — speaking to how technology is transforming the practice of law, the business of law, access to justice, and the judiciary — including ways that technology can improve all of the above. After his All the Music talk featured by TED, Damien introduces audiences worldwide to the ways that technology is prompting new questions about creativity, law, and access to justice — and how technology can be used to shift toward societal improvements.

Signature topics

AI + Substantive Law

How generative AI is already reshaping legal practice — drafting, research, analysis, and the judiciary — and what comes next.

AI + Business of Law

What AI does to the billable hour, pricing, and legal operations: better, faster, and cheaper, at last, all at once.

Symbolic AI + Neural Nets = Gestalt

Why deterministic knowledge graphs (e.g., SALI, FOLIO) plus probabilistic LLMs together beat either one alone.

Access to Justice

From UPL concerns to A2J solutions: how AI can responsibly put legal help within reach of the people who need it most.

Exemplar Presentation

Recorded in Fall 2024, this talk traces how far AI had come in a single year — across the practice of law (substantive law), the business of law, and where the field is headed next.

It’s just one hour of Damien’s roughly ten hours of presentation content, but it captures the flavor:

  • Rapid-fire delivery
  • High-value, no-filler content
  • Expressing the complex, simply

Talks & Selected Presentations

What Damien speaks about — across 251 talks & presentations

Technology 249
Substantive Law 249
Business of Law 145
Access to Justice 87
Judiciary 54
Music 10
Autonomous Vehicles 2

Keynote — solo talk (228 of 251); unmarked rows are panels, hosting, or co-presentations.

YearTalk / PresentationTech249Subst. Law249Business of Law145A2J87Judiciary54Music10Auto. Veh.2
2026AI and Law (hosted by Stanford Law)TechnologySubstantive Law
American Association of Nurse AttorneysTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AmLaw 100 Law Firm — Executive Board RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Arizona State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts — Arizona ChapterTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Association of Forensic Document ExaminersTechnologySubstantive Law
Berklee College of MusicTechnologySubstantive LawMusic
Bonny Doon — LegalTech 9TechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Central Ohio Association for JusticeTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Cloud Court ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Future TransactTechnologySubstantive Law
Futurelaw — Tallinn, EstoniaTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Generative Legal (hosted by Stanford Law)TechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Hike2 ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
ILTACON — AI as TeammateTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Indiana Inn of CourtTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Legal Innovators — CaliforniaTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Minnesota State Bar Association — Rise of the Agents!TechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Mitchell Hamline College of LawTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Stanford Law — Neurosymbolic AITechnologySubstantive Law
Texas State Bar Association — Annual Conference — Plenary KeynoteTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
University of MinnesotaTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
2025ABA Techshow — EthicsTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
American Association of Law Schools — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
American Legal Technology Awards — Host
AmLaw 100 Law Firm — Partner RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Appellate Judges' Education InstituteTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Arizona Judiciary — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Arizona State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Attorneys Information Exchange GroupTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Baylor University School of LawTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Bonny Doon — LegalTech 8TechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Bonny Doon — Salon — Maturing of Legal TechTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Cloud Court ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
College of Commercial ArbitratorsTechnologySubstantive LawJudiciary
Columbia Law SchoolTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Federal Judiciary IT Advisory CouncilTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Florida State UniversityTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Futurelaw — Tallinn, EstoniaTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
IAALS (the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System)TechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
ILTACON — Salesforce's Journey with AITechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Inside Practice — Artificial IntelligenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Inside Practice — Knowledge ManagementTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
International Firm's Partner Retreat — New ZealandTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LawDroid AI ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
LegalTech ConnectTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
LegalTech Hub ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LexLatin — Latin AmericaTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Louisiana State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Maryland Access to Justice CommissionTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Microsoft — AI in Legal Practice: Trends, Trust, and TalentTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
MinneAnalyticsTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
MinneBarTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Minnesota Civil Trial SpecialistsTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE — Criminal Justice InstituteTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota Federal Inn of CourtTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Minnesota Ombudsman AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Minnesota Public DefendersTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
Minnesota Supreme CourtTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Mitchell Hamline College of LawTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
National Association of Attorneys GeneralTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
New York Legal AidTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
Ohio Legal Help RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
Oklahoma State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Oregon State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Penn LawTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Practising Law Institute (PLI) — AI and Employment LawTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Practising Law Institute (PLI) — AI and EthicsTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
South Texas College of LawTechnologySubstantive Law
Southern California Association of Law LibrariesTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Suffolk Law School — Lit Lab ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
TerralexTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Texas Access to Justice CommissionTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
University of Southern California (USC)TechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Vermont State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Washington State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
2024AALL — American Association of Law Libraries — Generative AITechnologySubstantive Law
ABA + National Conference of Bar PresidentsTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
ABA — Regulatory ReformTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys (ARLA) — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AI Genius PanelTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AILA Fall ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
American Arbitration Association (AAA)TechnologySubstantive Law
American Immigration Law Association (AILA) — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
American Legal Technology Awards — Host
AmLaw 10 Firm — Executive BoardTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AmLaw 10 Law Firm — All-Attorney PresentationTechnologySubstantive Law
AmLaw 100 Firm — All-Attorney PresentationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AmLaw 100 Law Firm — Partner RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AmLaw 150 Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawMusic
AmLaw 150 Partner RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AmLaw 200 Firm — All Lawyer MeetingTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AmLaw 50 Firm — All Lawyer MeetingTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AmLaw 50 Law Firm — Partner RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
ARK KM Conference — Plenary KeynoteTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Baylor University School of LawTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Berklee College of MusicTechnologySubstantive LawMusic
Chapman Law — All the MusicTechnologySubstantive LawMusic
Chicago Area Law LibrariansTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
Cliocon Conference — KeynoteTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
CLOC — Corporate Legal Operations ConsortiumTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
CLOC — San Francisco ChapterTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Cloud Court ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Connecticut Bar Association — Annual ConventionTechnologySubstantive Law
DC Legal Operations — Legal Data StandardsTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Florida State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Fortune 500 Company — Law DepartmentTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Fortune 500 Law DepartmentTechnologySubstantive Law
Foundation User GroupTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Futurelaw — Tallinn, EstoniaTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
GeoLegalTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
Harvard Business SchoolTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Health Care InstituteTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
IAALS (the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System)TechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
ILTA — The GenAI/LLM Tsunami is ComingTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
ILTACON — Legal Data StandardsTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Indiana Bar Association — Cohort Series (law firm leaders)TechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Inside PracticeTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Iowa State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
KM&I ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Law Society of OntarioTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Law.comTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LawDroid AI ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Legal Pathfinders — Host two-day conferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LegalTech Hub ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LegalWeek - Answers, Not Research: Evolving the Paradigm of Intelligent Human-Machine CollaborationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LegalWeek — Standardized Legal DataTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LexLatin — Latin AmericaTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Louisiana State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Maryland State Bar Association — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
MinneBarTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Minnesota CLE — AI and Law ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Minnesota Public Defenders — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
Minnesota State Bar Association — Solo Small ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Minnesota State Judiciary — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
MIT IAP Computational Law WorkshopTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Mitchell Hamline College of Law — Board of TrusteesTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Montana State Bar Association — Annual ConventionTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
National Conference of Bar PresidentsTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Nevada Judiciary — Annual RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawJudiciary
Oak Academy for AI in the Legal ProfessionTechnologySubstantive Law
Ohio State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Ohio Supreme CourtTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Practising Law Institute (PLI) — AI and Legal Project ManagementTechnologySubstantive Law
Practising Law Institute (PLI) — Executive Board Presentation — Napa, CaliforniaTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Practising Law Institute (PLI) — Law and EthicsTechnologySubstantive Law
Running Legal Like a Business — Three Presentations on AITechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Saint Thomas Law — All FacultyTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Saint Thomas Law — Board of TrusteesTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Sense CollectiveTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
SKILLS ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
South by Southwest (SXSW) — All the MusicTechnologySubstantive LawMusic
Stanford Law — Agentic AITechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Stanford Law — CodeX FutureLaw — Neurosymbolic AITechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
State Bar Practice Management AdministratorsTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
SubTech — Law School Technology ConsortiumTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
U.S. District Court — District of Minnesota — Annual RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
University of Minnesota — Code FreezeTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
University of Minnesota — Journal of Law, Science, and TechnologyTechnologySubstantive Law
University of Southern California (USC) Law SchoolTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
University of Washington LawTechnologySubstantive Law
Villanova LawTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Washington State Bar Association Legal Technology Task Force (CLE)TechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
2023AALL — American Association of Law Libraries — Standardizing Legal DataTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
ABA — Redesigning LegalTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
AI and Copyright: Navigating the Intersections of Creativity, Technology and CopyrightTechnologySubstantive Law
AIMP — Copyrighting All the MusicTechnologySubstantive LawMusic
American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) — AI & EthicsTechnologySubstantive Law
AmLaw 50 Law Firm — Executive SessionTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Applied AI ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP)TechnologySubstantive LawMusic
Brazil Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Federal Bar Association — Alaska District ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Global LegalTech HubTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Houston Area Law LibrariansTechnologySubstantive Law
Illinois State Bar Association — Solo Small ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
ILTACON — "What is Natural Language Processing — and How Can I Use It?TechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
ILTACON — Present on SALITechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Inside PracticeTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LawLineTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LawVisionTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Legal Value NetworkTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LegalGeek ChicagoTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LegalOps.comTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LegalTech Hub ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LegalWeek — Law Firm DataTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
LexFusion Event — LondonTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Louisiana State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Macalester CollegeTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeMusic
Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL)TechnologySubstantive Law
MinneDemoTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota Association of Justice — Annual ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
Minnesota CLE Business Law InstituteTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Minnesota Court of AppealsTechnologySubstantive LawJudiciary
Minnesota State BarTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota Supreme Court Law LibraryTechnologySubstantive LawJudiciary
MSBA Corporate Counsel Section — Open the Pod Bay Doors: AI Bias in Legal ToolsTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to Justice
MSBA — AI, UPL, and Access to JusticeTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Running Legal Like a BusinessTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
SKILLS ConferenceTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Smartest People in the RoomTechnologySubstantive Law
TLTF Summit — Opening KeynoteTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to Justice
U.S. District Court — District of Minnesota — Annual RetreatTechnologySubstantive LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
University of Tulsa College of Law — The Data-Driven LawyerTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Wisconsin State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Wyoming Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
202220 Tech Tips for Civil Litigators — Minnesota CLETechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Augmentation, Analytics & Automation — LegalWeek New YorkTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Duke Law School — Copyrighting All the MusicTechnologySubstantive LawMusic
Florida BarTechnologySubstantive Law
ILTA — Standards in Legal TechnologyTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
Minnesota Law Library — Autonomous VehiclesTechnologySubstantive LawAutonomous Vehicles
University of St. Thomas SymposiumTechnologySubstantive Law
Virgin Islands BarTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
20212021 Technology Law InstituteTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of LawAccess to JusticeJudiciary
ABA Techshow — EthicsTechnologySubstantive Law
Intl. Conf. on AI & Law (ICAIL Brazil) — Harnessing Standards in the Legal IndustryTechnologySubstantive Law
LegalWeek — Humans vs. Robots: Citator CentaursTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Minnesota CLE — Autonomous VehiclesTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota State Bar — AI + Humans (Centaurs)TechnologySubstantive LawAutonomous Vehicles
UC Irvine School of LawTechnologySubstantive Law
University of Baltimore School of LawTechnologySubstantive Law
2020AI and LitigationTechnologySubstantive Law
Arizona State BarTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE — AI and LitigationTechnologySubstantive Law
RightsTech Summit — All the Music & CopyrightTechnologySubstantive LawMusic
University of Richmond SymposiumTechnologySubstantive Law
2019Minnesota CLE - E-discovery ForensicsTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE — Top 10 Tech Law DevelopmentsTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Minnesota CLE: Attorney-Client PrivilegeTechnologySubstantive Law
MSBA Tech Law InstituteTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
Utah State Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive Law
2017MinneBar12TechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE — International Business Law InstituteTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE — Work Tips:TechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE: Federal Practice EssentialsTechnologySubstantive Law
2016Minnesota Defense Lawyer's Association — Self-Driving AutomobilesTechnologySubstantive Law
William Mitchell College of Law — CopyrightTechnologySubstantive Law
2015HCBA Tech Talks Tuesday — WearablesTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE — Significant New CasesTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE — Standards-Essential PatentsTechnologySubstantive Law
Minnesota CLE — Top 10 Tech Law DevelopmentsTechnologySubstantive Law
2014International Business Law InstituteTechnologySubstantive Law
MSBA Annual Meeting — Technology DevelopmentsTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
William Mitchell College of Law — CopyrightTechnologySubstantive Law
2013Minnesota Paralegals — Digital First Sale DoctrineTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
University of Miami School of Law — Heckerling Institute — Digital DeathTechnologySubstantive Law
2011Minnesota State Bar Association's Computer & Tech Law InstituteTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
2009Minnesota Paralegal AssociationTechnologySubstantive LawBusiness of Law
2008Hennepin County Bar AssociationTechnologySubstantive Law

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