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Blake A. Klinkner

Professor Blake A. Klinkner was recently invited by the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association to judge the 2025 Robert R. Rose, Jr. Voir Dire Competition This year’s competition was held at the University of Wyoming College of Law in Laramie, Wyoming. In this competition, Professor Klinkner judged the ability of students to effectively utilize the voir […]

In his article, Professor Klinkner explains why digital court reporters and artificial intelligence-generated court transcripts will be the future of judicial proceedings. Professor Klinkner explains the benefits and negatives of digital court reporting, and he concludes by providing best practices for the adoption of artificial intelligence-generated court transcription. Read the full article

The annual conference was held April 24-25 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Professor Blake A. Klinkner was invited by the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division to present a continuing legal education session at the spring conference. His presentation “Electronic Discovery & Digital Evidence,” educated attorneys on best practices to manage eDiscovery and litigate disputes relating […]

Professor Blake A. Klinkner recently presented his research at the Belmont Law Review Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee. He discussed the results of his empirical study assessing disputes over the proportionality of electronic discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Professor Klinkner will publish the results of his quantitative study in an upcoming article in […]

Professor Blake A. Klinkner recently traveled to Bismarck to present at the 2024 Fall Seminar of the Western Dakota Association of Legal Assistants. The topic of his continuing education session was on cybersecurity and legal ethics.

Check out Professor Blake A. Klinkner’s most recent article, “Why Are Artificial Intelligence Chatbots (Presently) So Bad at Legal Research and Writing?” In his article, Professor Klinkner explains why artificial intelligence “hallucinates” when it is asked to conduct legal research and writing. Professor Klinkner also addresses professional pitfalls in using artificial intelligence chatbots to engage […]

In his most recent article, “What Attorneys Should Know About Deepfakes,” Professor Blake A. Klinkner discusses how deepfakes are impacting the use of evidence at trial and threatening fair legal adjudications. Professor Klinkner also shares telltale signs that a video, picture, or audio may be a deepfake. As deepfake technology progresses, it will become difficult, […]

On May 13, 2023, Professor Blake A. Klinkner was honored with the 2022/2023 Professor of the Year Award by the graduating class at Washburn University School of Law. Prior to joining the UND Law faculty in July 2022, Professor Klinkner served for 3 years as Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Washburn University School of […]

Professor Blake A. Klinkner was recently invited to present at the Legal Assistants of Wyoming Annual Conference on the topic of eDiscovery. In his presentation, “The Changing Landscape of eDiscovery,” Professor Klinkner discussed the evolution of eDiscovery and provided recommendations for managing eDiscovery.

In Professor Blake A. Klinkner’s most recent article, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law Office Data Practices, he discusses how artificial intelligence will change the ways in which attorneys engage in discovery, project due diligence, document management, and process automation. Read the article