Associate Dean Daryl Lim featured in National Law Review AI predictions

CARLISLE, Pa.—Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and associate dean for research and strategic partnerships at Penn State Dickinson Law, was featured in The National Law Review’s annual “Predictions for AI and the Law” survey for 2026. The survey highlights perspectives from legal professionals across practice, academia, and the legal technology sector on how artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the profession in the year ahead.

In his contribution, Lim predicted that legal AI will become an embedded, everyday tool across drafting, discovery, and compliance, with growing use of custom-built tools tailored to particular practice areas. He also noted that regulators are likely to shift toward more concrete enforcement approaches, particularly regarding data use and market power, while the profession will continue to grapple with how AI changes professional judgment, responsibility, and the distribution of efficiency gains. Lim’s participation aligns with his ongoing scholarship and teaching at the intersection of artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and technology governance and supports the Law School’s broader engagement with emerging issues shaping the legal profession.

The National Law Review is a widely read legal news and analysis platform serving practitioners, in-house counsel, and policy audiences. Its annual AI predictions survey curates short, forward-looking assessments from a cross-section of leaders in law, legal education, and legal technology. Lim was included among the 85 respondents featured in the 2026 edition.

Daryl Lim is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is also the Associate Dean for Research & Strategic Partnerships and Founding Director of the Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Innovation Initiative. At the university level, he is a co-hire at the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences and an affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence.

Professor Lim is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on national and global trends in IP and competition policy and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps policymakers, attorneys, corporate counsel, scholars, and the public understand the world around them. He is a founding member of the Global IP Alliance and its local chapters in Pennsylvania and Illinois. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the University Education Committee in the US IP Alliance.

In December 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. In 2023, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics” and the IAM Strategy 300, a guide to the industry pioneers with “exceptional skill sets, as well as profound insights into the development, creation, and management of IP value,” named him to its World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 list. In 2024, he was appointed to the consultative group advising the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. In 2025, he received the IP Professor of the Year Award at the Global Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence & Technology Conclave & Awards.