Areas of Focus

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. 

Technology & Law

At the Intersection of Emerging Tech and Public Policy

UCLA’s cutting-edge Institute for Technology, Law and Policy addresses innovations that stand to disrupt steadfast institutions and understandings throughout society.

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Centers of Excellence
Centers of Excellence

Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

This institute undertakes research to learn how emerging technologies influence society, privacy, and public policy.

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Centers of Excellence

Program on Understanding Law, Science & Evidence (PULSE)

PULSE explores the connections between law and science to better understand how these connections influence policies.

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Our Faculty

Laura Pedraza-Fariña

Professor of Law

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Andrew D. Selbst

Professor of Law

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Mark McKenna

Vice Dean of Faculty & Intellectual Life
Professor of Law
Faculty Co-Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

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John Villasenor

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Law, Public Policy, and Management
Faculty Co-Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

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Julia Powles

Executive Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

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Fanna Gamal

Assistant Professor of Law

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Xiyin Tang

Professor of Law

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Douglas Lichtman

Professor of Law
Faculty Director, Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law

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Neil W. Netanel

Pete Kameron Professor of Law

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Jessica Peake

Director, International and Comparative Law Program

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Jennifer Dixton

Lecturer in Law

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Sanford S. Williams

Lecturer in Law

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Mar 18, 2026

Julia Powles co-writes an article in Project Syndicate about online age-gating

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Feb 27, 2026

Ted Parson's scholarship on AI and the economy is cited by U.S. News & World Report

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