Artificial intelligence, sophisticated algorithms and other rapid advances in technology are changing how people and institutions engage with each other and raise numerous vexing issues for application of the law. UCLA Law's Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, a collaboration with UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, explores the impact on advances on privacy, justice and the law. The Program on Understanding Law, Science & Evidence (PULSE @ UCLA Law) explores the intersection of new technologies and admissible evidence. The student-run Journal of Law & Technology has published leading scholarship in the field since 1996.
Areas of Focus
Technology and the Law
UCLA Law's courses, faculty and special programs offer opportunities for students to gain a deep understanding of the disruptive impact of technology on law and society.
Centers of Excellence
Our Faculty
Alex Alben
Lecturer in Law
Mario Biagioli
Distinguished Professor of Law and Communication
Douglas Lichtman
Professor of Law
Faculty Co-Director, Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law
Timothy Malloy
Professor of Law
Faculty Director, UCLA Sustainable Technology and Policy Program
Frank G. Wells Endowed Chair in Environmental Law
Jennifer L. Mnookin
Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law
Jason Oh
Professor of Law
Lowell Milken Chair in Law
Faculty Co-Director, Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy
Edward A. Parson
Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law
Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Xiyin Tang
Assistant Professor of Law
John Villasenor
Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Law, Public Policy, and Management
Courses and Clinics
LAW 530
IP Without IP: Beyond the Borders of Intellectual Property
LAW 386
Digital Technologies and the Constitution
LAW 483
Privacy, Data and Technology
LAW 489
Future Law: Law and Governance under transformative societal trends
LAW 984
Video Game Law
LAW 573
