Gain the tools and frameworks to excel in today’s technology-driven legal landscape.
Artificial intelligence is poised to disrupt the ways that we work and live. It is essential for legal professionals to cultivate a broad understanding of the implications of AI on the law, legal organizations, clients, and stakeholders.
AI and the Law: Navigating the New Legal Landscape, developed in partnership with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, will provide participants with a strong foundational understanding of AI technology. Building on this, the program will explore the laws that govern AI and similar technologies and how the practice of law will be impacted by AI.
Participants will learn about how laws pertaining to intellectual property, privacy, health care, and antitrust are undergoing rapid change (both in the United States and abroad) – and will have the opportunity to discuss the implications of those ongoing reforms with the faculty teaching team and with the participant cohort. Further, participants will gain tools and frameworks to think about technological disruption – how to manage change with internal and external stakeholders, how best to take advantage of what AI has to offer, and how to navigate the implementation of AI in business processes.
Throughout AI and the Law: Navigating the New Legal Landscape, faculty from Harvard Law School and across Harvard University, as well as experts from other schools around the world, will share cutting-edge insights, research, and perspectives on new legal questions raised by this novel technology. Participants will have the opportunity to connect and discuss how best to navigate the changes brought on by AI and how it can be leveraged in business processes and strategy. Participants will engage with faculty and peers to brainstorm the ideas, risks, and challenges that come with such a change, enhancing their understanding of these complex issues.
AI and the Law: Navigating the New Legal Landscape will give participants the knowledge, tools, and frameworks to understand and navigate how best to use AI and plan for the future. In this program, participants will:
Develop a strong understanding of AI technology – how it works and what it can be used for.
Analyze the laws that govern AI technologies, for example, privacy, health, and intellectual property law.
Examine the risks and challenges of adoption of AI — and of failure to adopt the technology.
Identify uses of AI that can improve legal organizations, business processes, and strategy.
Engage thoughtfully in current AI policy debates around governance and the future of the legal profession.
CURRICULUM
A series of pre-recorded video lectures provided prior to the start of the program will give participants a strong foundation in understanding the fundamental technology of AI and the principal legal regimes that currently govern AI. This will allow the in-person program to focus on discussions with faculty and peers about the ways in which the legal regimes are likely to change in the near future, cutting-edge problems involving legal and business strategy, and the impact of AI on participants’ areas of expertise and interest.
Session topics will include (subject to change):
AI Implementation Examples
Navigating Privacy Protections
Intellectual Property Challenges
AI Best Practices
AI and Legal Practice
International Issues with AI
AI and Health Law
PARTICIPANTS
AI and the Law: Navigating the New Legal Landscape is designed for leaders in the legal profession and other industries who are facing disruption and opportunity in the age of AI. Participants are welcome from law firms, in-house legal departments, the private sector, non-profit organizations, government, or public sector.
Participants will typically have at least 8+ years of professional experience.
We recommend participants consider attending the program as part of a pair or small team from their firm or organization. Attending with another provides accountability and opportunity for greater impact when participants return to their organization.
Not sure if this program is right for you? Ask us.
Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodations.
There are several hotels in Harvard Square within walking distance from the Harvard Law School campus:
Sheraton Commander: A special group rate is available for participants in the AI and the Law program.
Please contact the Sheraton Commander directly at 1-888-625-5144 or 617-547-4800 and identify that you are part of Harvard Law School Executive Education AI and the Law program.
