Technology and the Law
UCLA Law's courses, faculty and special programs offer opportunities for students to gain a deep understanding of the disruptive impact of technology on law and society.
Artificial intelligence, sophisticated algorithms and other rapid advances in technology are changing how people and institutions engage with each other and raise numerous vexing issues for application of the law. UCLA Law's Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, a collaboration with UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, explores the impact of advances on privacy, justice and the law. The Program on Understanding Law, Science & Evidence (PULSE @ UCLA Law) explores the intersection of new technologies and admissible evidence. The student-run Journal of Law & Technology has published leading scholarship in the field since 1996.
Our Faculty
Laura Pedraza-Fariña
Professor of Law
Andrew D. Selbst
Professor of Law
Mark McKenna
Vice Dean of Faculty & Intellectual Life
Professor of Law
Faculty Co-Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
John Villasenor
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Law, Public Policy, and Management
Faculty Co-Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy
Julia Powles
Executive Director of the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law, and Policy; Professor of Practice; Tech Policy Lead, UCLA DataX
Fanna Gamal
Assistant Professor of Law
Xiyin Tang
Professor of Law
Douglas Lichtman
Professor of Law
Faculty Director, Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law
Neil W. Netanel
Pete Kameron Professor of Law
Jessica Peake
Director, International and Comparative Law Program
Jennifer Dixton
Lecturer in Law
Sanford S. Williams
Lecturer in Law