Quantum Computing and Law: What Lawyers Need to Know About the Next Technological Frontier Beyond AI

While many lawyers are still adjusting to generative AI, an even more disruptive technology may soon enter legal practice: quantum computing. Long viewed as a distant scientific concept, quantum technology is now moving steadily toward commercialization, with significant investment from governments and the private sector. Its arrival has the potential to fundamentally reshape cybersecurity, data protection, intellectual property, and regulatory risk in ways that may exceed even today’s AI-driven disruptions.

Speaker: Ryan W. McKenney, Director of Government Relations and General Counsel, Quantinuum; Adjunct Professor of Law (Quantum Computing), Vanderbilt University Law School
Moderator: Oliver Roberts, Co-Director, WashU Law AI Collaborative; Co-Head, AI Practice Group, Holtzman Vogel; Adjunct Professor, WashU Law

This CLE program provides a clear, lawyer-focused introduction to quantum computing and explains why it is widely regarded as the next technological frontier beyond AI. At a high level, the program will explain how quantum computers differ from classical systems, why they pose unprecedented challenges to existing encryption and cybersecurity frameworks, and how those challenges translate into concrete legal and compliance risks for clients.

Eligible for FREE CLE in Missouri, courtesy of WashU Law. Not eligible for CLE in other jurisdictions, but all are welcome to attend free for non-CLE credit.