Graduate Certificate in Law and Technology Module 6: Legal issues in AI and Machine Learning (GCLT)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new marketplace reality. The increase in computing power, improved algorithms and the availability of massive amounts of data are transforming society. With such capabilities, this also leaves room for questions in the legal and ethical aspects concerning regulations and boundaries.

This module provides an overview of machine learning technology and dives into key terminology that will help participants navigate through legal issues in artificial intelligence. Participants will also dive deeper in the impacts of AI and its regulations, to better understand the power of AI and the magnitude that comes with it.

This module is part of the Graduate Certificate in Law and Technology.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand AI, explaining what it means, and what aspects of the technology are legally unique
• Understand how various legal mechanisms could be used to determine who or what is responsible for AI when it causes harm or creates something of value
• Understand the current state of regulation for AI
• Understand the pragmatic justifications for creating a new type of legal personality for AI (e.g., as proposed by the European Parliament in a Resolution of February 2017)
• Understand the impact on AI of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, which has extraterritorial effect and can lead to significant fines
• Formulate strategies which companies and regulators can take to address the challenges posed by disruptive AI-powered technologies

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Practicing lawyers and Legal Services Officers
• Paralegals
• Allied Legal Professionals (e.g. Legal Technologists)

PREREQUISITE

• A Bachelor's Degree; or
• A Diploma with at least 3 years of working experience

ASSESSMENT

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore funding, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course.

CERTIFICATION

Upon meeting the minimum attendance requirement (>75%) and passing the assessment, participants will be awarded a digital Certificate of Participation after each module. 

For a complete certificate, participants are required to take 7 out of the 10 modules in accordance to the pathway of their choice. The pathways are created based on job profile and the module requirements for each pathway vary accordingly.

• Innovator 
  
  For those looking to transform their practice 
  Modules 1, 2, 4, 7, and any three remaining modules  
  
   
• Researcher 
  
  For those interested in frontier issues in technology law 
  Modules 1, 5, 6, 7, and any three remaining modules  
  
   
• Practitioner 
  
  For those looking to update themselves on growing areas of practice 
  Modules 1, 7, 8, 9, and any three remaining modules

The modules offered under each pathway 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

The exact combination will depend on the chosen learning pathway of each individual participant. After selecting their pathway, participants may then choose any other 3 modules for their electives.

Participants without legal training are required to take Module 1, in addition to the 3 core and 3 elective modules, in order to qualify for the full certificate. Module 1 is NOT recommended for those with legal training as it covers basic legal concepts.

SPEAKER

Jacob, an international lawyer based in London, joined Fountain Court Chambers in October 2018. He is a former solicitor-advocate, having qualified in 2014. He has advised individuals, corporates and sovereigns in a variety of commercial matters involving both litigation and arbitration. Jacob accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ practice and is happy working both as sole counsel and as part of a team. Previously, Jacob worked in the Dispute Resolution department at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP and as a judicial assistant to Lord Mance at the UK Supreme Court. Jacob is the author of Robot Rules: Regulating Artificial Intelligence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and the co-author, with Lord Mance, of Privy Council Practice (OUP, 2017).