Korea University (KU) School of Law announced on August 9 that the program would host the course Advanced Program for Data·AI (Artificial Intelligence) Law, marking a national precedent for specialized data and artificial law courses. The school has been previously re-educating legal practitioners for better adaption to contemporary disputes with the open course Evolving Society Evolving Law (ESEL).

“The precipitous growth of digital media and the consequential rise of the status of data and artificial intelligence requires a flexible legal system to match,” said Jung Seung-Hwan, the dean of KU School of Law. Describing it as a “macro-perspective on the digital industry and its ensuing judicial tasks,” Professor Jung confirmed that the course “would offer specialized lectures and discussions of the legal challenges brought forth by technological development.”

Current lawyers, employees of private enterprises, and public officials in charge of data and AI-related business are to be offered education. Lectures offered in the program range from legal challenges in new platforms such as the metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to the moral conundrums brought by AI. The program is to be held to be through August to December, with two sessions per week.