276.15S sec. 001 - Making AI Work for the People (Summer 2025)
Instructor: Nicole Ozer
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
TuWThF 09:00 AM - 12:10 PM
Location: Law 10
From May 27, 2025
To May 30, 2025
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Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 17
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 30
As of: 04/03 07:14 PM
The use of artificial intelligence technology is rapidly growing in both the public and private sector. Lawyers working in a variety of fields must be able to understand AI’s implications for both business and society and the levers to make AI work for people and avoid legal and ethical problems down the line. The class will provide students with an important foundation on issues, as well as existing and emerging legal frameworks, at the intersection of AI and data collection and use, AI and government surveillance, AI and access to social services, and AI and work. The class will draw upon real-life case studies and exercises for students to build substantive knowledge, develop skills to identify and address issues, and understand interventions that can and should be used to minimize legal, ethical, and reputational risk and protect and promote access, equity, rights, and justice in the AI age.
Nicole Ozer is a nationally recognized expert on legal issues at the intersection of technology, civil rights, and democracy, including artificial intelligence, privacy and surveillance, intellectual property, and online speech. Nicole developed, and has led, the ACLU’s cutting-edge work in California to defend and promote rights in the modern digital world since 2004. Nicole sets the strategic vision for this work and implements an integrated advocacy approach that coordinates legal work in the courts, in communities, with companies, and policymakers to drive access, equity, and justice in the digital age. Nicole graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College, studied comparative civil rights history at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and earned her J.D. with a Certificate in Law and Technology from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Nicole has been a Visiting Researcher at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, a Non-Residential Fellow at the Stanford Digital Civil Society Lab, and is a 2024-2025 Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Carr Center at Harvard Kennedy School.
Exam Notes: (TH) Take-home Final Exam
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: AI Law and Regulation
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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