Artificial Intelligence

“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.

Professor Pamela Samuelson discusses arguments for/against California bill SB 1047, explains Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto, and considers whether government regulations are necessary to ensure safe development and deployment of AI.

Berkeley Law, renowned for its innovative legal education and leadership in law and technology, has released the summer 2025 course schedule for the first-ever AI-focused Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree. 

Senior Director of Admissions Anya Grossman, discusses Berkeley Law’s newly announced launch of an AI-focused master of laws degree.

Colleen Chien, faculty director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and Adam Sterling, assistant dean of Executive Education discuss Berkeley Law’s new AI focused law degree program.

Berkeley Law, renowned for its innovative legal education and leadership in law and technology, is proud to announce the launch of the first-ever law degree with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI).

Generative AI companies have plausible fair use defenses for using works as training data, said Pamela Samuelson, a digital copyright expert and law professor at the University of California, Berkeley. But she said courts might look at music differently than they would other works such as computer code, text or images.