  This report presents the takeaways of the inaugural Workshop on Generative AI
and Law (GenLaw), held in July 2023. A cross-disciplinary group of
practitioners and scholars from computer science and law convened to discuss
the technical, doctrinal, and policy challenges presented by law for Generative
AI, and by Generative AI for law, with an emphasis on U.S. law in particular.
We begin the report with a high-level statement about why Generative AI is both
immensely significant and immensely challenging for law. To meet these
challenges, we conclude that there is an essential need for 1) a shared
knowledge base that provides a common conceptual language for experts across
disciplines; 2) clarification of the distinctive technical capabilities of
generative-AI systems, as compared and contrasted to other computer and AI
systems; 3) a logical taxonomy of the legal issues these systems raise; and, 4)
a concrete research agenda to promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing on
emerging issues at the intersection of Generative AI and law. In this report,
we synthesize the key takeaways from the GenLaw workshop that begin to address
these needs. All of the listed authors contributed to the workshop upon which
this report is based, but they and their organizations do not necessarily
endorse all of the specific claims in this report.

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