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Librarians as Leaders: How AI has Changed Our Role

Includes a Live Web Event on 09/18/2026 at 11:00 AM (CDT)

The surge of AI in the legal community gives the law librarian the chance to step up and make ourselves known. This opening panel will discuss the skills that law librarians can hone to become the leaders within the AI space and how the legal profession is changing. Unsure how to lead in this area? The panel will discuss upskilling paths and share experiences in certification and continued education.

MODERATOR:

  • Rebecca Fordon, Assistant Professor of Practice and the Assistant Director of Innovation, Research & Instruction, the Ohio State University Moritz Law Library

SPEAKERS:

  • Cas Laskowski, Head of Research, Data & Instruction, University of Arizona College of Law Library
  • Diana Koppang, Director of Knowledge Management, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

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Rebecca Fordon

Rebecca Fordon (Moderator)

Assistant Professor of Practice and the Assistant Director of Innovation, Research & Instruction

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Rebecca Fordon is an assistant professor of practice and the assistant director of innovation, research & instruction at the Ohio State University Moritz Law Library. She earned her BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, her JD from Boston University School of Law, and her MLIS from UCLA. Before transitioning to law librarianship, she practiced corporate bankruptcy law for a decade at a Boston firm, where she eventually became a partner. At Moritz, Fordon teaches legal writing, legal research, and legal technology, regularly integrating AI tools into her coursework. She frequently speaks on the intersection of AI and the law, co-founded the blog AI Law Librarians, and serves on the board of the Free Law Project—a nonprofit dedicated to expanding public access to legal materials. She was named a member of the vLex Fastcase 50 in 2024 and received the Emerging Leader Award from AALL in 2026.

Cas Laskowski

Cas Laskowski

Head of Research, Data & Instruction

University of Arizona College of Law Library

Cas Laskowski is a veteran, librarian, gamer, teacher, Latina, techie, comic book nerd, and empiricist in perpetual beta. She regularly engages in national AI initiatives and is the co-founder and current leader of the Future of Law Libraries Initiative. Laskowski was a 2024–2025 fellow of the UA Research Leadership Institute and a founding fellow of the University of Tennessee Library’s 2021 IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence. Notably, she was the only librarian selected for the 2022 Summer Conference on Applied Data Science at North Carolina State University, where she leveraged machine learning summarization methods to prototype an audio-identification system for intelligence analysts. Additionally, she co-led the UA Making AI Generative for Higher Education project team—a two-year cross-institutional partnership with Ithaka S+R. She currently serves on both the Arizona Steering Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts and the UA AI Roadmap initiative.

Diana Koppang

Diana Koppang

Director of Knowledge Management

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

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Librarians as Leaders: How AI has Changed Our Role
09/18/2026 at 11:00 AM (CDT)  |  60 minutes
09/18/2026 at 11:00 AM (CDT)  |  60 minutes