Legal Cyber Academy

AI Legal and Technological Excellence Series

Cyber Incidents· PremiumLevel: Intermediate

Overview of AI Legal and Technological Excellence Series

The AI Legal and Technological Excellence Series is a five-course program that examines artificial intelligence through the combined lenses of technology, law, policy, and research. Participants explore the evolving U.S. and E.U. regulatory landscape, ethical frameworks, practical use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, intellectual property questions raised by AI-generated content, and the growing role of AI in eDiscovery workflows. Each course stands on its own, making the series flexible for professionals who need targeted knowledge on a specific topic or a comprehensive foundation across all areas. As organizations face mounting pressure to govern AI responsibly, this series equips legal and business professionals with the conceptual grounding needed to participate meaningfully in those decisions.

What you’ll learn in AI Legal and Technological Excellence Series

  • Explain the key requirements and differences between emerging U.S. and E.U. AI regulatory frameworks
  • Identify ethical considerations that organizations must address when deploying AI in legal and business contexts
  • Apply practical guidelines for using generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, within professional and compliance boundaries
  • Assess the intellectual property risks and ownership questions arising from AI-generated content
  • Recognize how AI is reshaping eDiscovery processes and what that means for legal strategy and data governance
  • Evaluate organizational policies and decision-making frameworks against current AI compliance expectations

Audience and prerequisites

Who should take this courseAI Legal and Technological Excellence Series

Legal advisors, executives, board members, and CISOs and security teams who are responsible for AI governance, compliance strategy, or the integration of AI tools into organizational workflows will benefit most from this series.

Prerequisites for AI Legal and Technological Excellence Series

None — designed for legal and business professionals who do not require a technical background to engage with the material.

Curriculum

  1. 1. Artificial Intelligence: Regulatory Status and Impact on the Practice of Law

    As AI continues to impact and revolutionize industries, comprehending its legal implications is paramount. This seminar offers lawyers the unique opportunity to delve into AI's regulatory complexities, enabling them to navigate the digital revolution confidently. By understanding AI's potential and its legal ramifications, you can provide more informed, innovative solutions for your clients. What You Will Learn from the Seminar In this seminar, our legal and technical expert panelists begin by explaining how AI works and what generative AI is. They highlight some of the risks of using this technology in the practice of law and discuss a recent case that highlighted ethical concerns. Our speakers then review the current regulatory landscape, from state to federal to international, and concl

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  2. 2. Across the Pond: ​AI Regulatory Efforts in the U.S. and the E.U.

    Overview of the Course The past few years have been characterized by a sharp rise in the interest and awareness of artificial intelligence, largely engendered by popular generative AI services. As this technology increasingly permeates daily life across a spectrum of existing and developing functions, from voice assistants to text generation to autonomous vehicles, governments worldwide are beginning to establish the regulatory framework that will shape AI use and address its dangers and ethical concerns. The United States and the European Union are two major powers in the process of creating such guardrails for the technology, with somewhat distinct priorities. While the US is focused on fostering innovation, the EU is adopting a more stringent approach, emphasizing AI's ethical implica

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  3. 3. Ethics of Using ChatGPT: Pitfalls & Effective Uses

    In the past year, knowledge and use of generative AI have dramatically risen. ChatGPT, Bard, and other such services have disrupted numerous industries and commanded news cycles. For attorneys, this newly accessible tool offers the potential of supporting and enhancing their work, reducing the amount of time needed to review documents or conduct legal research. Yet along with its promises of efficiency and cost reduction, the use of ChatGPT by attorneys and legal teams provokes a number of ethical questions that cannot go unanswered. Indeed, upholding the confidentiality of information and the duty to supervise, among other ethical responsibilities, can easily be overlooked and unwittingly violated. In response, attorneys have begun to get sanctioned for inappropriate use of ChatGPT, and s

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  4. 4. World Wild West: Intellectual Property Challenges with Generative AI

    While certain forms of artificial intelligence (AI) have been integrated into daily life for years now, the use of generative AI has seen a sharp rise in popularity and adoption in the past year. Products such as ChatGPT, Bing Chat, or Bard now give virtually anyone with access to the internet a free tool that can almost instantly generate text and images in response to a prompt. Yet the widespread use of this technology has created a slew of intellectual property concerns. These include disputes over the uncompensated and often unsanctioned use of copyrighted materials by developers in the data sets that train their models, the challenge of patenting work created by AI, and questions over who is entitled to compensation in such cases. Attorneys seeking to better understand the technology

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  5. 5. eDiscovery 2.0: Decoding the Role of Artificial Intelligence

    Over the past year, the potential uses of artificial intelligence have been a central question for the future of the legal profession. Yet AI has been in use in one aspect of the legal profession for years: eDiscovery. In the face of the past decades’ digital transformation, AI in the form of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) has become a critical tool to manage the constantly increasing volume of digitally stored information. Embark on an enriching exploration with "eDiscovery 2.0: Decoding the Role of Artificial Intelligence." This helpful course offers a deep dive into the established and evolving intersection between eDiscovery and artificial intelligence, the latter of which is not always understood. Lawyers striving to future-proof their practice, leverage cutting-edge innovations, or

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Learning track

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