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Andrew Perlman

Andrew Perlman

Andrew Perlman is the dean of the Suffolk University Law School and the inaugural chair of the governing council of the ABA Center for Innovation. In 2015, he was recognized by Fastcase as one of 50 “entrepreneurs, innovators and trailblazers … who have charted a new course for the delivery of legal services.” Prior to entering academia, Perlman clerked for a federal district court judge in Chicago and practiced as a litigator there. He is an honors graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School, and he received his LLM from Columbia Law School.

Guest Appearances
September 10, 2024

Do Existing Legal Ethics Rules Cover AI?

Dean Andrew Perlman of Suffolk Law School joins host Cat Moon for a discussion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and legal ethics on Talk Justice. Perlman authored an article in February of...

March 23, 2023

Dean Andy Perlman on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law Schools

AI is already changing the legal profession, and law schools have a responsibility to stay on the cutting edge of this technology to equip future lawyers with all they need to know...

January 18, 2023

Should lawyers embrace or fear ChatGPT?

Released Nov. 30, ChatGPT, a chatbot created by OpenAI, has made waves in a short amount of time for how responsive, sophisticated and realistic it is.

November 20, 2017

MIT Legal Forum 2017: An Introduction to the New Certification Program at Suffolk

Andrew Perlman and David Colarusso discuss the new certification program at Suffolk about innovation, technology, and new ways to provide legal services.

August 15, 2017

ABA Annual Meeting 2017: ABA Center for Innovation Update

In this On The Road from ABA Annual, Andrew Perlman talks about the ABA Center for Innovation’s events, initiatives, and programs including its fellows program.

May 19, 2015

ABA National Summit: ‘Programs to Bridge the Gap’

In this series of Legal Talk Network interviews, producer Laurence Colletti and ABA Journal Legal Affairs Writer Victor Li interview Professor Andrew Perlman, Shantelle Argyle, Dwight Smith, Judge Laurie White, Terri Mascherin,...

April 17, 2015

2015 ABA TECHSHOW: The Ethical Duty of Technological Competence with Andrew Perlman

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti and ABA Journal legal affairs writer Victor Li interview plenary speaker Andrew Perlman at the 2015 ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago. Perlman discusses how the lawyer’s ethical...

March 31, 2015

The 21st Century Lawyer: Utilizing Technology Competency as a Marketing Tool

This episode of Lunch Hour Legal Marketing offers an overview of the new skills and competencies that lawyers should have today that they did not need only 20 or 25 years ago, especially...