AI & Fairness, Transparency, and Inclusion Committee (11/7/25)

Topic: Transparency in AI: The Fight for Explainability in Legal Systems

Speaker: Sonia K. Katyal, Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Research, Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology

Speaker Bio: Professor Sonia Katyal’s work focuses on the intersection of technology, intellectual property, and civil rights (including antidiscrimination, privacy, and freedom of speech). Her current projects focus on artificial intelligence and intellectual property; trademark law, branding and advertising; the intersection between the right to information and human rights; and a variety of projects on the intersection between art law, cultural heritage and new media.

Professor Katyal’s recent publications include Rethinking Private Accountability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, in the UCLA Law Review; The Paradox of Source Code Secrecy, in the Cornell Law Review; Trademarks, Artificial Intelligence, and the Role of the Private Sector, in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (with Aniket Kesari). She previously published shorter pieces with the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Boston Globe’s Ideas section, Hyperallergic, Los Angeles Times, Slate, and the National Law Journal, and has been cited by the Supreme Court.  

Professor Katyal has won several awards for her work, including an honorable mention in the American Association of Law Schools Scholarly Papers Competition, a Yale Cybercrime Award, and is a three-time winner of a Dukeminier Award from the Williams Project at UCLA for her writing on gender and sexuality. During the Obama administration, Katyal was selected by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to be part of the inaugural U.S. Commerce Department’s Digital Economy Board of Advisors.

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