Professor Eyal is the Joseph D. Peeler Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, where she also chairs the Committee on Artificial Intelligence. She serves as a GenAI Knowledge Expert, is a founding member of the UA Transnational AI Collaborative in Engineering Entrepreneurship, and sits on the Alabama AI Innovation Summit Working Group Council. In these roles, she leads institutional efforts to integrate AI across legal education and interdisciplinary research, and has been invited to speak on AI policy at conferences and institutions worldwide. She is currently a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Law & Religion at Emory University and was a Senior Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. She received a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.), a Master of Laws (L.L.M., Magna cum laude) specializing in tax law, and aMaster of Arts (History of the Americas) degrees. In addition, she holds a doctorate in law (S.J.D.) from the University of California School of Law (Los Angeles, CA) focused on the development of small business taxation.
Prior to teaching, she clerked for the Honorable Mark V. Holmes at the United States Tax Court in Washington, DC. Professor Eyal won honors and awards for her research and scholarship, including First Place in the California Supreme Court Historical Society Writing Competition. She is the author of the treatise Computer Law: A Guide to Cyberlaw and Data Privacy Law (Matthew Bender) and her articles are published in top U.S. law reviews such as the George Washington Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, SMU Law Review, Florida State Law Review, Iowa Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Washington & Lee Law Review, Georgia Law Review, Connecticut Law Review, and others. Her articles can be downloaded here.
Her research explores the intersection of artificial intelligence governance, innovation theory, and tax law, including AI personhood, AI safety, due process for embodied artificial beings, and the taxation of AI-driven markets. She also examines the historical, political, and public-choice dimensions of legal preferences that affect technology and entrepreneurship. Professor Eyal is a regular contributor to the Tax Prof Blog SSRN Weekly Roundup and teaches AI and the Law, Theory and Application, Corporate Tax, and Personal Income Tax. Professor Eyal is a regular contributor to the Tax Prof Blog SSRN Weekly Roundup and teaches AI and the Law, Theory and Application, Corporate Tax, and Personal Income Tax.