Artificial Intelligence

Citing an “unprecedented moment” for democracy and the rule of law, Chemerinsky will add two years to his tenure to encourage the school to “think big,” deepen its public mission, and strengthen its long-term financial footing.

“Nobody was talking about it,” said Berkeley Law J.S.D. candidate Mahwish Moazzam. “But when we look into these (apps), these tools are not merely making mistakes, they are reshaping how people are represented in digital spaces. And when that reshaping repeatedly (erases) visible religious markers of identity, the issue is no longer technical. … It is discrimination, it is exclusion and it is a question of human dignity.”

Berkeley Law and the Indigenous Journalists Association launch a national effort to close the legal knowledge gap in reporting.

“(AI is) very related to how we win conflicts,” said Professor Chris Hoofnagle. “If these (military) decisions are not made correctly, we could kill innocent people with devices and in ways where the human is disconnected, so it’s a profound ethical issue confronting our generation.”

Professor Andrea Roth weighs in on Federal Rule of Evidence 707.

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law is leading the way on the AI front. One year after launching the world’s first LL.M. Certificate in AI Law and Regulation, the school has expanded its curriculum with new courses in biotechnology, business and corporate strategy.

“Today’s lawyers need to integrate technology into their practice, not just understand it in theory,” said Chris Jay Hoofnagle, professor and faculty co-director at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. “Learning to think like a lawyer in the age of AI means using machine learning, computer vision and other digital tools ethically and effectively to investigate, analyze and advocate.”

One year after launching the world’s first LL.M. Certificate in AI Law and Regulation, the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law is expanding the program’s curriculum and highlighting the growing impact of its graduates across industries and continents.

There is “no consensus about at what level of generality or specificity the law requires” for California, said Pamela Samuelson, a professor at UC Berkeley Law. The European Union has a similar training data disclosure rule in its EU Artificial Intelligence Act, and “Gen AI developers are working toward a consensus about what level of disclosure is required,” she said.

UC Berkeley Law has announced the launch of the LL.M. Success Academy, an innovative online initiative designed to prepare international lawyers for success in U.S. LL.M. programs.