Maura R. Grossman

Maura R. Grossman is a lawyer, clinical psychologist, computer science research professor, and court-appointed Special Master whose career has spanned psychology, legal practice, artificial intelligence, and evidence-based decision making. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Brown University and a joint clinical and research Ph.D. in Clinical/School Psychology from Adelphi University, practiced as a clinical psychologist and hospital administrator, and later earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Following seventeen years at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Grossman founded Maura Grossman Law and joined the University of Waterloo, where she is a Research Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science with a cross-appointment to the School of Public Health Sciences. She is also a Faculty Member of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. She has taught at leading law schools, including as a Visiting Professor at Duke University School of Law and an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she developed and taught an interdisciplinary course bringing together Osgoode law students and University of Waterloo computer science students for joint seminars and mixed-team projects. She frequently serves as a court-appointed Special Master in complex federal litigation involving advanced technologies.

Grossman’s research focuses on the trustworthy evaluation and use of artificial intelligence in law and healthcare. She introduced the term Continuous Active Learning (CAL), demonstrated the effectiveness of the methodology it describes, and has applied it to technology-assisted review, systematic evidence synthesis, and the empirical evaluation of legal AI. Her current work addresses generative AI, AI-generated evidence, and rigorous methods for validating AI systems.