Chapter 24 — Artificial Intelligence
Entertainment Law: Legal Concepts and Business Practices, 3d Ed. (Thomson Reuters) | 2024
Comprehensive treatise chapter covering the legal landscape of AI in the entertainment industry, including digital replicas, synthetic performers, and the evolving framework of rights and protections for creative professionals.
Protecting Artists’ Rights in the Age of AI
Los Angeles Lawyer | May 2022
An examination of the legal frameworks governing AI-generated content and their implications for performers and other creative professionals, with guidance for entertainment attorneys negotiating their deals.
Entertainment in the Age of AI
SAG-AFTRA Magazine | Summer 2022
An overview of how artificial intelligence is reshaping the entertainment industry and what it means for union members and the rights they hold.
As Deepfakes Get Deeper, Security Risks Heighten
ACC Docket | December 2021
Audio Deepfakes — An Emerging Threat
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Privacy and Cybersecurity Committee Newsletter | June 2020
The People vs. Deepfakes
Los Angeles Lawyer | May 2020
Cover story examining the legal, ethical, and societal dimensions of deepfake technology. One of the earliest comprehensive legal analyses of the subject in the mainstream legal press.
Van Lier is an adjunct faculty member at three Los Angeles-area law schools, where she teaches courses she developed on AI, entertainment law, and the entertainment guilds.
USC Gould School of Law
Lecturer in Law, 2025–present
Legal Issues with AI in Entertainment and Media (Spring)
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Adjunct Faculty Member, 2025–present
Law and Practice with the Hollywood Guilds (Spring); AI in Entertainment and Media (Fall)
Southwestern Law School
Adjunct Professor of Law, 2015–present
AI in the Entertainment Industry (Fall, course created by Van Lier 2024); AI in the Entertainment Industry — International Program (London, Summer 2026, course created and curriculum developed by Van Lier 2024); Entertainment Industry Guilds (Spring, curriculum developed by Van Lier)
Western State College of Law
Past: Adjunct Professor, 2008–2012
Entertainment Law; Sports Law
Beat the Clock: Hollywood v. AI
Flux Festival — CopyForward: AI, IP, and the Fight for Creative Control
April 24, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA
A high-energy panel on Hollywood’s response to AI in a fast-paced format moderated by former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. The “Beat the Clock” format challenged panelists to address key Hollywood-AI questions within two minutes, followed by a “True/False” round of provocative statements. Co-sponsored by USC and the Mozilla Foundation.
Behind the Mask: Shaping Ownership and Control of Media Identities
Chapman University, Fowler School of Law — Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium
April 10, 2026 | Orange, CA
A panel discussion examining how AI, synthetic media, and digital replicas are reshaping the legal landscape of name, image, and likeness rights. The session focused on the evolution of identity ownership in the age of generative AI and featured one of the producers behind Tilly Norwood, the controversial viral synthetic performer.
Protecting Talent in the Age of AI
USC Trojan Entertainment Network — TEN Talk
September 2025 | Virtual
Rights of Privacy, Rights of Publicity and Commercial Speech in the Age of AI
Practicing Law Institute — Artificial Intelligence Law 2025
2025 | Virtual / New York, NY
Panelist and moderator on a PLI program addressing the evolving intersection of privacy law, right of publicity, and AI-generated commercial content.
AI, Entertainment & The Law
Children’s Media Association
December 2024 | Virtual
A moderated conversation on the legal implications of AI for creators and companies in the children’s media space. [Watch Recording]
Risks and Risk Assessments: A Look at California’s Proposed AI & Privacy Regulations
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
November 2024 | Virtual
The AI Revolution: What’s New and Next in Artificial Intelligence and Law
ABA Forum on Communications Law
2024 | Virtual
Generative AI and Intellectual Property
CodeX FutureLaw Conference — Stanford Law School
2024 | Stanford, CA
Collective and Non-Human Creativity
More Than Just a Game — Stanford Law School
2024 | Stanford, CA
Protecting Talent in the Age of AI
Los Angeles County Bar Association — Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Section
2024 | Los Angeles, CA
AI the Controversy: Innovation & Transformation vs. Threat to the Future
Digital Hollywood: A CES Partner Program
2024 | Las Vegas, NV
Ethical Adaptation
Labor Innovation and Technology Summit (SAG-AFTRA / AFL-CIO)
January 2023 | Virtual
Panel examining the ethical dimensions of AI adoption in labor contexts and the creative economy. [Watch Recording]
Anonymity, Deepfakes & Trademark Rights and Rights of Publicity
Stanford Law School — Digital Economy Best Practices Conference
2023 | Stanford, CA