The Legal Lens Series: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About AI Ethics

The Global Professional Master of Laws (GPLLM) Team hosts a series of monthly workshops led by our world renowned legal educators at the University of Toronto, Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law.

The Legal Lens: A Focus on Law, Business and Technology are online sessions offering insights into prominent business and legal issues affecting organizations across all industries.

On March 3rd at 10:00 AM ET, join us for an informative talk on What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About AI Ethics led by Professor Abdi Aidid.

About the Workshop:
Sometimes AI ethics can feel like a complex philosophical inquiry (and it is), but for entrepreneurs it is also a day-to-day practical concern. The real work happens at the nexus of law, morality, and business judgment: what data and governance choices you make, how your system might treat different people in practice, and what you need to test, document, disclose, and monitor as you scale. This session does exactly that, translating big ethical ideas into concrete founder decisions, from product design and procurement to oversight, accountability, and how to stay credible with customers, partners, and regulators.

About the Speaker:
Professor Abdi Aidid is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto’s Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law and the Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice. Professor Aidid’s research and teaching focus on civil adjudication, privacy law, and the intersection of law and technology. Professor Aidid holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto, a J.D. from Yale Law School and an LL.M. from the University of Toronto. He previously practised litigation and arbitration at Covington & Burling LLP in New York City and Davies Ward Phillps & Vineberg LLP in Toronto, and served as Vice President, Legal at Blue J, where he led the development of machine learning enabled legal research tools. In 2024–2025, Professor Aidid served as a Visiting Associate Professor at Yale Law School and currently serves as the Ian D. Shugart Visiting Scholar at the Canada School of Public Service, where he collaborates with departments across the federal public service on topics related to ethical technology use and privacy. He is a Faculty Affiliate at the Future of Law Lab and the Centre for Ethics.