Emile Loza de Siles

Emile Loza de Siles is Assistant Professor of Law with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law.  She also serves as Associate Professor (adjunct) teaching cybersecurity graduate courses at the University of Maryland Global Campus.  Since founding Technology Law Group in 2003, she has represented Cisco, HP, Accenture, and numerous other tech innovators.  She also served with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of General Counsel and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. 

Professor Loza de Siles’ interdisciplinary scholarship addresses artificial intelligence (AI) and law emphasizing AI governance and social justice.  In 2019, she created the country’s first Artificial Intelligence and Social Justice law school course. Professor Loza de Siles has continued to this exciting course every year, now bringing Richardson Law students to the forefront of law and technology. Honored as a nominee to the United States’ inaugural National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, she is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and serves on its Artificial Intelligence Policy Committee and its P2863 working group on the organizational governance of artificial intelligence.  She also chairs the 1200-member Section on Minority Groups of the Association of American Law Schools. 

Professor Loza de Siles holds a BS in technology, an MBA, a JD from The George Washington University, a graduate certificate in cybersecurity strategy management from Georgetown University, and has taken data science graduate studies with Harvard University.