Spring 2024 Term I:
LLL 518 – Data Science in Law and Policy (3 units)
(01/08/24 - 02/27/24)
In the legal industry, professionals utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to perform analyses that were once labor-intensive endeavors. Those analyses may be used to inform everything from the sentencing of defendants to policing procedures to lawyers’ performance in courtrooms to judicial decisions. Although technology may be used to replicate human decision-making, legal professionals play an essential role in compiling data sets, defining queries, and interpreting findings to present them accessibly to broader audiences. This course will cover how data is used in the legal industry and the ethical obligation of legal professionals to question both data-driven decisions and their underlying algorithms.
Professional Certificates: Business Operations, Emerging Law, and Technology
Spring 2024 Term II:
LLL 537 – Data Security and Breach (3 units)
(03/04/24 - 04/23/24)
This course will examine legal requirements applicable to data security, including responses to data breach. Topics include laws applicable to public and private entities, methods of data breach investigation, data breach notice requirements and practical considerations, and legal risks exposure arising from data breach and notice.
Professional Certificates: Business Operations, Entrepreneurship, Emerging Law, and Technology
LLL 537 – Technology for Legal Professionals (3 units)
(03/04/24 - 04/23/24)
Technology has transformed the legal industry. This course will provide students with the theoretical and practical background to understand these changes while positively impacting a firm’s or an organization’s responses to such challenges. Areas of special focus include: litigation technologies; court technologies; document storage, security and management; evidentiary considerations of ESI; communication software including encryption technology; and hands-on exercises in Microsoft’s Office suite designed for legal professionals.
Professional Certificates: Business Operations, Emerging Law, and Technology