June 13, 2023

Recent ASU Law grad published in prestigious ABA journal

A recent graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University had an article published in a prestigious journal by the American Bar Association. 

Lillian Haley, who received her Juris Doctor in May, wrote “The European Union’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation on Recruiting and Hiring Processes” for Professor Diana Bowman’s class. It was published in the ABA’s The SciTech Lawyer this week. 

The honor is especially meaningful to Haley, who transferred to ASU Law in her second year of law school from another institution. 

“It was very important to me in my last year,” she said. “I did not start at ASU Law and was a transfer from another law school. Having an ABA publication on my resume speaks for itself.”

It seems it’s already paying dividends. Haley recently started her first job out of law school as an associate claims counsel for the Markel Group, based in Richmond, Virginia.

The article was inspired by her human resources and employment background, and discusses the challenges workplaces may face when using AI to hire and recruit employees. The technology often helps recruiters go through hundreds of applications, screen candidates and match them to jobs using programmed metrics and algorithms. But, as Haley writes, it could have hiring biases, as technology often discriminates using factors like language and demography, potentially opening up companies to legal issues. There is currently no regulatory scheme in place in the U.S. and Haley’s article suggests implementing similar regulations like the European Union proposed in 2021. 

Haley said she owes all the credit for the article to Dr. Bowman, who gave consistent, supportive feedback and helped her get it published in the journal. She also cited all the resources she was able to take advantage of while at ASU Law, including networking, career services and the many employment opportunities in bustling Phoenix.

She felt behind as a transfer student, but she encouraged other law students to take advantage of those same resources as well. 

“Opportunities at ASU Law are endless if you do your part,” said Haley. “Especially as a transfer student and feeling behind in law school, I networked and used the resources available to me to become a better student and prepare for practice.” 

Written by Lindsay Walker