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Course

Legal Implications of Artificial Intelligence

3 ECTS

Date: 11-13 October, 2027
Location: Uppsala University
Course coordinator: Lianne Colonna, Stockholm University, Katja de Vries, Uppsala University, Matilda Arvidsson, Gothenburg University, Ana Nordberg, Lund University.
Registration: Closed on 31 August, 2027
Student limit: Max 30 students

Course information

The course information is from 2025 and will be updated!

Every student should select four specialization topics when signing up for the course. Students are also welcome to make a recommendation. We cannot guarantee that your recommended topic will be discussed but we will do our best! 

Potential “specialization topics”

  • Generative AI and academic work
  • Standardization
  • Security
  • Open source
  • Cyber security
  • Data protection
  • AI and the public sector
  • AI in health
  • AI in education
  • AI and agency
  • AI and environmental law
  • AI and colonialism
  • Predictive policing
  • Evidentiary issues in AI

Assignment

  • Read eight articles in advance of the course based on eight selected “specialization topics” (announced at least a month in advance)
  • Hand in a one-page (max 400) word pitch of the legal aspects of your project

Exam

  • Students will be asked to present the legal aspects of their work during the course (based on their one page-text) + give feedback to another paper. Instructors will provide oral feedback.
  • Students should elaborate their one-page pitches into a five page text (max 2000 words), based on the oral comments received during the course.
    Schedule Day 1

    09:00-11:00 Crash course on AI and Law (all four of us, lecture format)

    11:00-12:00 Teamwork (TBD)

    12:00-13:00 Lunch

    13:00-15:00 Specialization topics 1-4 (the whole group is divided in two rooms based on selected “specialization topics”)(two teachers are in each room and we will cover two specialization topics in each room re: we will discuss four articles in each room)

    15:00-15:30 Coffee 

    15:30- 18:00 The first half of the students pitch the legal aspects of their work (we remain in our specialization topic group re: we are in two rooms)

     

    Schedule Day 2

    09:00-11:00 The second half of the student pitch the legal aspects of their work (the group is divided into two rooms)

    11:00-12:00 Teamwork (TBD)

    12:00-13:00 Lunch

    13:00-15:00 Specialisation topics 4-8

    15:00-15:30 Coffee

    15:30-18:00 Reconvene for a group discussion and summing up