CALL/ACBD Webinar - Helping Self-Represented Litigants Navigate AI for Legal Uses

The CALL/ACBD Professional Development Committee presents...

Helping Self-Represented Litigants Navigate AI for Legal Uses

Date: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026

Time: 12:00PM to 1:30PM EST

Professional Development Pathways: 

Information technology and artificial intelligence; reference and research services.

Description:

Self-represented litigants (SRL) are increasingly relying on AI to aid them in preparation of court documents.  Law librarians are well-positioned to advise SRL on appropriate and inappropriate uses of AI.  In this session, you'll hear more about how SRL are being warned by the courts for submitting hallucinated cases.  Learn more about the vulnerabilities of SRL and sources for assistance for them. Learn about how law librarians are helping SRL navigate the pitfalls of AI, as well as practical tips and advice that law librarians can provide.

About the Speakers

Jennifer Leitch, JD, LLM, PhD is the Executive Director of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project.  A national note-for-profit that engages in access to justice research, the development of resources for self-represented litigants and systemic advocacy. She is also the Associate Director and assistant professor in the Ethics, Society and Law program at Trinity College, University of Toronto.  She researches and writes in the fields of access to justice, dispute processes and legal ethics. She also practiced civil litigation at Goodmans LLP in Toronto for 10 years.

Alan Kilpatrick, CD, BA, MLIS, is the Co-Director of the Law Society of Saskatchewan’s Legal Resources Department. He holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts from Vancouver Island University. Alan has served on the Canadian Association of Law Libraries Board (Member-at-Large), the Government of Saskatchewan Multitype Library Board (Special Library Director Representative), and the Saskatchewan Library Association Board (Member-at-Large).

Moderator: Annette Demers, BA, LLB, MLIS, Reference Librarian, Windsor Law

*Non-member students will be granted a CALL/ACBD membership when attending this paid webinar