Program Details

• About the Program

  The Strategic AI for Legal Professionals Program offers legal professionals a comprehensive exploration of the legal, ethical, and operational challenges posed by artificial intelligence.

  Through seven in-depth modules, participants will examine the transformative impact of AI technologies such as large language models, while gaining clarity on emerging issues around copyright, cybersecurity, privacy, and government regulation.

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  8 Modules Online ($4,995)

  Rolling Admission - Start Anytime

  • Self-paced
  • Strategic AI Portfolio & all course materials
  • Hands-on projects
  • Interactive Discussion boards

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• Strategic AI for Legal Professionals Curriculum

  The course highlights disruptions in legal research and education, providing a forward-looking view of how the legal field must evolve. Real-world case studies, current regulatory developments, and practical assignments ground each topic in the realities of modern practice.

  ​Participants will leave with actionable strategies for navigating AI's legal implications and integrating responsible innovation into their firms or institutions. Designed for lawyers, educators, and policymakers, this course bridges technical knowledge with legal foresight.

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  Module 1 - Introduction to Large Language Models and Understanding Fundamental AI Technologies

  This module provides a foundational understanding of AI technologies with a focus on Large Language Models (LLMs), including how they function, are trained, and are integrated into legal tools. Participants will explore key terminologies, structures, and evolving capabilities in the AI landscape.

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  Module 2 - Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues Raised by AI ​​

  This module explores how AI challenges traditional concepts of copyright and intellectual property. Topics include authorship rights, AI-generated content, and legal accountability.

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  Module 3 - Cybersecurity Issues Raised by AI ​

  This module examines how AI both strengthens and threatens cybersecurity in legal contexts. Learners will explore AI-powered attacks, risk mitigation, and regulatory responses.

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  Module 4 - Privacy Issues Raised by AI

  This module explores data privacy risks linked to AI usage, including biometric data, client confidentiality, and regulatory compliance under global privacy laws.

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  Module 5 - The Disruption of Legal Research

  This module focuses on how AI disrupts traditional legal research workflows. Learners will critically assess the value, limitations, and reliability of AI-generated legal content.

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  Module 6 - The Disruption of Legal Education

  This module addresses how AI is transforming legal pedagogy, assessment methods, and bar preparation. Participants will explore evolving approaches to curriculum design, academic integrity, and learning personalization.

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  Module 7 - Government Regulation of AI

  This module covers domestic and international regulatory frameworks shaping AI policy, including risks, compliance obligations, and enforcement trends. It moves beyond U.S. Executive Orders to include global developments.

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  Capstone Assignment (Optional)

  Develop and present a strategic white paper or presentation outlining how your organization should address one or more of the legal disruptions discussed, including regulatory, ethical, and operational dimensions.

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• Course Instructors

  Alex Alben is a Lecturer in Law at UCLA School of Law and a nationally recognized scholar at the intersection of artificial intelligence, privacy, ethics, and democratic governance.

  He teaches Artificial Intelligence and the Law, Internet Law, and Privacy & Data Protection, bringing to the classroom a rare blend of public-sector, industry, and scholarly experience.

  He served as Washington State’s first Chief Privacy Officer (2015–2019) and earlier held executive roles at RealNetworks and Starwave/Disney, where he helped shape digital-media and data-governance practices.

  A frequent public speaker and policy advisor, Alben delivered the 2024 keynote address at the Global Legal Forum in The Hague on AI and Privacy in Democratic Societies.

  He is also the Director of The AI Forum—a website and podcast featuring conversations with leaders in law, education, technology, the arts, and history on the evolving impact of artificial intelligence.

  Through his teaching, writing, and public engagement, Alben advances a vision of responsible innovation that safeguards human agency, accountability, and freedom in the algorithmic age.

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  Xiyin Tang is a Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law. She has previously served as a lead counsel for Facebook and an associate at Mayer Brown LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, where she worked on a variety of transactional and litigation matters in the technology, media, and entertainment sectors.

  Tang’s research focuses on the roles that technological evolution and new modes of dissemination play in the law of intellectual property. Her current research addresses how IP laws should respond to artificial intelligence and its effect on creative labor markets. Past writings have addressed the use of both public and private mechanisms—in the form of class action litigation and confidential contracts, respectively—as responses to mass digitization and, with it, potentially, mass infringement. Her publications have appeared in the Columbia Law Review, Michigan Law Review, NYU Law Review, and Yale Law Journal, among others. She is also a co-author of sections of the leading copyright law treatise Nimmer on Copyright.

  Tang received her B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing summa cum laude from Columbia University. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she received the Neale M. Albert Prize for Best Paper on Art Law and twice received the Nathan Burkan Memorial Prize for Best Paper on Copyright Law. During law school, Tang served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology.

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  Ted Alben is the Principal of Relevant-IT with expertise in The Internet of Things, Innovation, Networking and both Physical Security & Cyber Security. Well versed in networking, telecommunications, mobility (wireless) and the management applications, Alben's been engaged in numerous Smart City and IoT Innovation opportunities for both Public and Private Sector.

  Alben built and led the IoT Practice for one of the world's largest Systems Integrators, Dimension Data, providing insights and innovative solutions to The Fortune 100 including manufacturing, energy and petrochemical, healthcare, retail, and the enterprise markets.

  Career highlights include pre-2008 Olympic Games network design and security networking initiatives for the Colombian Government, and domestic security for metropolitan centers in the UK and British Isles, including Trinidad.

  He is a Graduate of UCLA and active in UCLA Business Mentorship programs.