[SMULA] Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology (ACLT)

As technology is changing the way we do law, legaltech is transforming our workplaces from the inside out. While doing so, it is also producing new frontiers that need to be regulated by new laws. As the legal sector delves deeper into understanding the new patterns of emerging technologies, it faces new challenges and considerations on how to balance a new world of liberty and safety.

This programme is designed to help participants gain an understanding of the difference between LegalTech and technology law, as well as the impact of technology on existing laws. Participants will understand the current state of LegalTech and how to implement LegalTech in practice.

There are 10 modules offered in this programme which are organised into the following categories to better facilitate participants’ selection of modules and learning: 

• Foundation Knowledge
• Legal Technology
• Technology Law
• Impact of Technology on Law

For a complete certificate, participants are required to take 7 out of the 10 modules, including Module 1. 

Participants with legal training may be exempted from Module 1.
 

TOPICS/STRUCTURE

 
Foundation Knowledge 

• Module 1: Understanding Law and Technology

Legal Technology 
(application and usage of technologies that enable the practice of law)

• Module 2: Essentials of LegalTech – Digitalisating Legal Work
• Module 3: Applications of Data and AI in LegalTech
• Module 4: Legal Innovation

Technology Law 
(law that governs and regulates the use of specific technologies)

• Module 5: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts
• Module 6: Legal issues in AI and Machine Learning
• Module 7: Personal Data and Data Protection

Impact of Technology on Law 
(how existing legal principles, not necessarily focused on technology, can be applied to new use cases created by the advent of technology)

• Module 8: Crimes of the Digital Economy
• Module 9: Digital Assets and IP Disputes
• Module 10: The Metaverse and Web 3.0

ASSESSMENT

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of every module. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment for each of the 7 modules within 3 years in order to be awarded the digital Advanced Certificate in Law and Technology issued by Singapore Management University.

FEES AND FUNDING

SkillsFuture subsidies are applicable for this programme.

The course fee for all modules (based on 7 modules) before funding is $15,260 (as low as $1,778 after maximum funding).

The course fee for each module before funding is $2,180 (as low as $254 after maximum funding).

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% training attendance and pass the associated assessment to be eligible for course fee funding. Click here for more information.

This programme (except for Module 1) is an Accredited CPD Activity under the SILE’s CPD Scheme. Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. This includes signing in on arrival and signing out at the conclusion of the activity in the manner required by the organiser, and not being absent from each day of a module for more than 15 minutes. Participants may obtain 6 Public CPD Points for each day of the event on which they comply strictly with the Attendance Policy. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

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