ETH Center for Law & Economics

🚀 Just 1 month to go! The #AIPolicySummit2025 (Oct 3–4, ETH Zürich) brings 50+ global leaders to debate: 🔹 Digital resilience 🔹 AI transformation 🔹 Trustworthy AI 🔹 Accountable AI 📍 ETH Zürich | Hybrid 🔗 Register: reghorizon.com/ai-policy-summ… @reghorizon @eth_cle

📣 We are excited to announce that Fabian Streiff, Head of the Office for Economy, Amt für Wirtschaft, Kanton Zürich, will be delivering welcome remarks at our hashtag#AIPS2025! Join us to hear his insights! 🌍Register here 👉 lnkd.in/g3DQFFuY #AIPS2025

📣 We are excited to announce that Fred Werner, Chief, Strategic Engagement at International Telecommunication Union and Chief, Strategy & Operations at AI for Good will be delivering welcome remarks from ITU at #AIPS2025! 🌍Register here 👉 lnkd.in/g3DQFFuY

In this new episode of the @eth_cle vlog series, @KevinLCope @UVA and Benjamin Kohler @ETH_en discuss Prof. Cope’s recent paper "An Expert-Sourced Measure of Judicial Ideology". Watch it here: youtu.be/D_5cL2VkKHQ

In this new episode of the @eth_cle vlog series, Jacob Goldin @UChicagoLaw and @NoahFehr2 @ETH_en discuss Prof. Goldin’s recent study "Work Requirements and Child Tax Benefits". Watch it here: youtu.be/V7koCt4E7pY

The future of AI governance is being co-created. Will you be part of it? Governing AI For the World We Want. 📅 October 3-4, 2025 📍 ETH Zurich 🌐 In-person & virtual Register now—limited seats available: 🔗 lnkd.in/g3DQFFuY #AIPolicySummit2025 #RegHorizon #ETH

NEW: Filippo Lancieri (@GeorgetownLaw), @LauraEdelson2 (@KhouryCollege), Stefan Bechtold (@eth_cle) explore how the political economy of artificial intelligence regulation is shaped by the strategic behavior of governments, technology companies, and other agents. ms.spr.ly/6016SfpWw

🚨Time to push LLMs further! 📚LEXam: The legal reasoning benchmark you’ve been waiting for: • 340 exams, 116 courses (EN/DE) • Long-form, process-focused questions • Expert-level LLM Judges • Rich meta for targeted diagnostics • Contamination-proof, extendable MCQs [1/6]🧵

1/6 Are robot judges perceived as less fair than human judges? Yes, but minimal human oversight can eliminate this human-AI fairness gap. Check out our new Working Paper “Mitigating the Judicial Human-AI fairness gap.”

1/6 Can AI-powered “enforcement bots” substitute for class actions? It turns out yes likely leading to major disruptions in the legal system.

Using machine learning to detect corruption Last week on VoxDev, @ellliottt (@ETH_en), @sergallet (@eth_cle) & @T_Giommoni (@UvA_Amsterdam) discussed how machine learning can improve corruption detection and prevention in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

In our new @eth_cle vlog episode, @DanielJHemel @nyulaw & @luca_balti @ETH_en discuss Prof. Hemel’s study "Law and the New Dynamic Public Finance", which challenges conventional wisdom in classical tax theory & offers novel perspectives. Watch it here: youtu.be/pgXqP1ky2qU

🆕 Using machine learning to detect corruption Today on VoxDev, @ellliottt (@ETH_en), @sergallet (@eth_cle) & @T_Giommoni (@UvA_Amsterdam) discuss how machine learning can improve corruption detection and prevention in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

In this episode of the @eth_cle Vlog & Podcast Series, Prof. Nick @feamster @UChicago & Raquel De Haro @ETH_en discuss his important studies* on compliance with the CCPA. *with V. Tran, A. Mehrotra, R. Sharma, M. Chetty, J. Frankenreiter & L. Strahilevitz. youtu.be/ya-F_esZd_s

New in the @eth_cle vlog series: Libertad Gonzalez @LibertadGonLu @UPFBarcelona @bse_barcelona discusses her study on the effect of paternity leave on child development with @ClaudiaMarangon. Co-authors: @farre_lidia, @claudiahupkau & @RuizvalenzuelaJ. youtube.com/watch?v=BXjbPl…

In the new episode of the @eth_cle Vlog & Podcast Series, Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko @Elena_Reznichen @erasmusuni & Alessandro Tacconelli @alessandrotacc @ETH discuss the topic of day-fines, based on her study “Day-Fines: Should the Rich Pay More?". youtu.be/stY3FvRzBsA

From June 30-July 4, 2025, the Study Center Gerzensee will hold the following courses for PhD students: LAW & ECONOMICS OF CONSUMER CONTRACTS, by Omri Ben-Shahar @UChicago & LEARNING FROM EVIDENCE, by Julian Nyarko @Stanford Apply by May 1, 2025 via: szgerzensee.ch/courses/law-an…

The CfP for the next Munich Summer Institute #MSI2025 (May 26-28) has been released! Looking forward to great paper submissions via page below 😃 Submission deadline: February 15, 2025 Keynotes by @M_Giorcelli @UCLA & Fiona Scott Morton @Yale🌟 munich-summer-institute.org/call-for-paper…

We have a new paper out on the impact of AI on legal work efficiency. Here are the key insights 1/4

In this webcast, @YanagizawaD of @econ_uzh will discuss recent empirical evidence and ways to think about how generative AI can be shaped in a positive direction, with a special focus on human productivity in emerging markets. Your host will be @ellliottt of @eth_cle.