Programme Content
This Advanced Legal Program provides a deep and integrated exploration of the legal, regulatory, and ethical implications of fast-moving technologies in today’s digital society. The program offers a broad and forward-looking understanding of how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and immersive environments like the metaverse are reshaping the legal and policy landscape across sectors.
Throughout the course, participants engage with the fundamental concepts and functionalities behind these technologies—not from an engineering perspective, but with the aim of understanding their real-world applications and the complex legal questions they generate. The program emphasizes how technological innovation challenges traditional legal frameworks, requiring new regulatory strategies and multidisciplinary thinking to ensure accountability, transparency, and responsible innovation.
In addition to analyzing specific regulatory responses in different jurisdictions, the program critically examines the role of law in shaping innovation and mitigating risks. Key content areas include AI governance and algorithmic accountability, the legal status of autonomous systems, smart contracts and distributed ledgers, and the challenges of regulating decentralized technologies. It also covers the implications of immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality, exploring how they affect user rights, liability, and jurisdiction in digital environments.
