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The language of the seminar will be English, but participants may submit their written work in German.
In recent years, large language models (LLMs), AI agents, and related artificial intelligence technologies have moved rapidly from the realm of technical research into widespread use across multiple sectors of society. Their ubiquity presents complex and pressing legal challenges that demand critical attention not only from technologists, but especially from legal scholars and practitioners. As these systems evolve and their influence grows, understanding the legal implications of their deployment has become a central issue for regulators, policymakers, and society at large.
To address these questions, the Law Faculty will host a seminar in Fall 2025 focused on the legal problems arising from the development and use of LLMs, AI agents, and similar technologies. This seminar will operate at the intersection of law, computer science, and public policy. Our principal aim is to equip participants with the analytical tools necessary to engage critically with both the capabilities and the limitations of these technologies, and to thoughtfully address the legal and regulatory challenges they raise.
The seminar will begin with an overview of the selected technical foundations of LLMs and AI agents, such as their architecture, operational mechanisms, and common modes of deployment and failure. A special focus will be placed on identifying and understanding current and emerging legal issues – such as liability, privacy, intellectual property, algorithmic bias and discrimination, transparency, accountability, and the implications for professional responsibility
in the legal field.
Following the introductory sessions, seminar participants will choose – or be assigned – current legal questions that involve or are affected by LLMs or AI agents, with the problems specifically drawn from companies, products, or services presently facing these issues or public scrutiny. Students will then prepare a research paper that critically analyzes their assigned problem.
The findings and arguments developed in the course of this research will be presented in the second half of the seminar, followed by open discussion and peer feedback. In this way, the seminar seeks to foster an informed and nuanced understanding of the rapidly shifting landscape of “AI law”.
Registration, possible as of July 15, 2025: via email to christian.sillaber@unibe.ch, see Fact Sheet on https://www.ziv.unibe.ch/studies/courses/index_eng.html |
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