Law & Policy Hackathon

[‼️ Please register with your university email ‼️] 🐶 Join Us for Georgetown Law’s First-Ever Law & Policy Hackathon A great opportunity to network, have fun, sharpen your skills, and win a cash prize. 📅 March 14, 2026📍 Paul Hastings Office | Washington, DC Are you interested in shaping how emerging AI technologies should be regulated? Want to test your privacy and AI law skills in a fast-paced, real-world setting? The Hackathon is a one-day, in-person policy competition bringing together law students from across the DMV. Instead of building code, you will develop a rigorous legal and policy response to a frontier challenge involving AI. Our Hackathon challenge focuses on AI-integrated glasses, which dramatically expand the ability to collect, process, and infer data in real time: how should our current privacy and regulatory frameworks evolve in response? ⚖️ What will participants do? On March 14, after the release of the legal prompt at 9:00 a.m., teams will have seven hours to analyze the issue, develop a concrete reform proposal, and prepare a 10-minute pitch. During the day, teams will: • Analyze the legal challenges arising from AI-enabled smart glasses• Evaluate how current U.S. privacy frameworks address, or fail to address, new technological capacities• Develop targeted and feasible reform proposals• Strategically and responsibly use AI tools in research and reasoning• Deliver a 10-minute policy pitch before an expert jury Judges will include practitioners, scholars, policymakers, and legal tech experts. A cash prize of at least $500 will be awarded to the winning team (final amount TBC).Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day. 👩‍⚖️ Who can participate? • J.D. and LL.M. students currently enrolled at a school in the DMV area• Teams of 3–5 students You do not need to register with a pre-formed team. Participants will be grouped automatically by law school on a first-come, first-served basis, with a cap of seven participants per school. If you wish to register as a pre-formed team, please email us directly. The ideal team brings foundational knowledge of privacy law and AI regulation and a strong interest in policy questions. Expertise can be distributed across team members. 🗓️ Event Schedule 8:00–8:30 a.m. – Arrival & Coffee8:30–9:00 a.m. – Kickoff, Introduction to AI Tools, Release of Challenge9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. – Team Working Session4:00 p.m. – Submissions Due4:30–6:30 p.m. – Final Pitches & Adjudication6:30–7:00 p.m. – Prize Ceremony7:00–8:00 p.m. – Optional Networking Reception (TBC) 📍 When & Where March 14, 20268:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Paul Hastings LLP2050 M St NWWashington, DC 20036 📝 Registration Registration closes Sunday, March 1 at 12:00 p.m. Due to limited capacity, early registration is encouraged. Please note that a university email address is required to complete registration. 📩 Questions? Anne Wendenburg – aw1498@georgetown.eduAsif Hussain – ah2094@georgetown.edu