Gabriel Weil
Assistant Professor, University of Houston; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Institute for Law & AI
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Gabriel is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute for Law & AI. His research focuses on the role of liability in mitigating catastrophic AI risk, and he regularly consults with legislators and other policymakers on AI policy matters. Before joining the UH faculty, Professor Weil taught at Touro Law Center and held several positions focused on climate change policy, including work for the Climate Leadership Council and the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Professor Weil holds a J.D., cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, an LL.M. in environmental law, summa cum laude, from Pace University Elizabeth Haub School of Law, and a B.A. in political science, physics, and integrated science from Northwestern University.
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Liability and insurance, including audits/verification through insurance
Punitive damages for uninsurable risks, and administrative penalties as an alternative
Digital minds governance
AI judges
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I weight analytic quality far above credentials. No law degree required — I've worked well with economists, philosophers, and ML researchers — but you should be willing to read cases, statutes, and law review articles closely and tolerate doctrinal detail rather than treating law as a black box.
I also value comfort moving between how AI systems fail and how legal institutions actually behave; skepticism toward your own framing; ability to produce a defensible draft without waiting for direction; and a well-thought-out view about whether liability is a promising safety lever, including if that view is negative.