Damien Riehl

Published Record

Books + Articles

Three books on litigation practice and two decades of legal scholarship — from copyright and digital-property law to AI, the practice of law, and access to justice.

The books grew directly out of the courtroom work on Lawyer — practical, battle-tested guides for litigators. The articles trace a longer through-line: copyright and digital-property law in the 2000s, then the rise of AI in legal practice and its stakes for access to justice.

Books

Three West Academic books on litigation practice — each with an AI-interactive QR-code layer.

Articles

Two decades of legal scholarship — in law reviews, legal journals, and legal publications — all discussing how technology is transforming the law (and society).

  1. 2026

    Beyond the Chatbot: Meet the Agentic Law Firm ↗

    Bench & Bar of Minn. (May/June 2026)

  2. 2024

    AI, UPL, and the Justice Gap: A Profession at the Crossroads ↗

    81 Bench & Bar of Minn. No. 3, at 18 (2024)

  3. 2024

    AI + MSBA: Building Minnesota's Legal Future ↗

    81-Oct. Bench & Bar of Minn. 26 (2024)Open access

    Cited by the U.S. District Court in Kohls v. Ellison, Case No. 24-cv-3754 (LMP/DLM) (D. Minn. Jan. 10, 2025). Winner, MSBA Elmer H. Wiblishauser Author's Award.

  4. 2024

    AI, Originality, and Creativity: Copyrighting All the Melodies to Avoid Accidental Infringement ↗

    27 Chap. L. Rev. 289 (2024)Open access

  5. 2024

    Evolution of the Data-Driven Lawyer ↗

    20 U. St. Thomas L.J. 368 (2024)Open access

  6. 2023

    We Need to Talk About ChatGPT: A Lawyer's Introduction to the Exploding Field of AI and Large Language Models ↗

    Bench & Bar of Minn. (May 2023)

  7. 2023

    Standardizing Legal Data to Extract Insights ↗

    AALL Spectrum, May/June 2023 (Vol. 27, No. 5)

  8. 2016–18

    Car Minus Driver: Autonomous Vehicles Driving Regulation, Liability, and Policy ↗

    Bench & Bar of Minn. (2016); 73 J. Mo. B. 264 (2017) (Parts I & II); The Computer & Internet Lawyer (2018)

    Published in three journals

  9. 2016

    Writing Briefs for Judges Who Read on Screens ↗

    Lee Marshall & Damien Riehl

    JD Supra (Mar. 9, 2016)

  10. You Can't Judge an ECF Notice by its Cover ↗

    Robins Kaplan "Briefly" / Minn. Law.

  11. 2014

    Screen Writing for Screen Reading ↗

    Eric J. Magnuson & Damien Riehl

    Minnesota Lawyer (Apr. 17, 2014) · Robins Kaplan "Briefly"

  12. Sensors, Wearables, and Liability: The Brave New World of IoT

    Minnesota Lawyer (print)Print only

  13. 2014

    Is "Buying" Digital Content Just "Renting" for Life? Contemplating a Digital First-Sale Doctrine ↗

    Damien A. Riehl & Jumi Kassim

    40 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 783 (2014)Open access

  14. 2014

    The Digital Death Conundrum: How Federal and State Laws Prevent Fiduciaries from Managing Digital Property ↗

    Christina L. Kunz, Damien A. Riehl, James D. Lamm & Peter J. Rademacher

    68 U. Miami L. Rev. 385 (2014)Open access

  15. 2012

    Forensic Collection of Electronic Evidence from Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud Computing ↗

    Josiah Dykstra & Damien Riehl

    19 Rich. J.L. & Tech. 1 (2012)Open access

  16. 2001

    Peer-to-Peer Distribution Systems: Will Napster, Gnutella, and Freenet Create a Copyright Nirvana or Gehenna? ↗

    27 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 1761 (2001)Open access

    Student note — Damien was Executive Editor of the William Mitchell Law Review.

In the press

Coverage and interviews about Damien — not authored by him.