Summer School: Law and Technology
Date: 30 June - 4 July 2025
Time: 09.30 - 17.30
Venue: BIICL, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Sq, London WC1B 5JP
Co-organised with
Course Outline
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law in cooperation with UNIL Lausanne and other foreign academic institutions is offering a five-day summer school focusing on Law and Technology. The summer school is designed to offer a comprehensive overview of the diverse and fast-moving area of technologies applied in the field of law.
Students from different parts of the world will get an introduction to Law and Technology from a comparative perspective and follow classes on specific technology-related topics such as intellectual property and technology, artificial intelligence (AI), competition law and technology, and legal technology.
The programme includes a moot court at the Royal Courts of Justice and students will also participate in a workshop focusing on the question whether ChatGPT technology can be used for law and legal decision making.
Indicative topics:
- Introduction to Law, Tech and AI
- AI and Dispute Resolution
- Competition Law and Technology
- Intellectual Property and AI
- Mass Data Sharing and Challenges to Good Governance
- Operationalising Digital Rights
- Understanding Digital Assets
Who is the course for?
The summer school is ideal for students, academics and practitioners wishing to develop a greater understanding of developments in artificial intelligence and Intellectual property law.
Course leader
Prof. Eva Lein, British Institute of International and Comparative Law and UNIL
Testimonials from past attendees
"The course did an excellent job of providing breadth (covering everything from AI to patents to competition law) in addition to depth.''
"Overall the course was quite intensive and productive"
Training scholarships
We are delighted to be able to offer scholarships designed to enable individuals from communities currently under-represented in the legal field to access our world-class courses and benefit from unparalleled learning experiences.
Scholarships are aimed at 3 categories: individuals from communities and backgrounds that are under-represented in the legal field in the UK and abroad; individuals who have recently received a needs-based bursary from their university or further-education college and representatives from Small Charities, NGOs, and Community-Based Organisations.
Applications for training scholarships must be received at least three weeks ahead of the course start date (10 June 2025). Applications must be made via the online form and applications received via any other means will not be considered.
Find out more and apply for a scholarship here
