Specialist Certificate in Law (Digital Law and Technological Innovation)

The Specialist Certificate in Law (Digital Law and Technological Innovation) is designed to equip students with the legal knowledge and technical skills needed to navigate the complex ethical, legal and social implications of new technologies.

Students can choose from subjects designed to impart expert knowledge about the regulatory challenges of our times: the expediential growth of artificial intelligence, big data and allied disruptive technologies, such as blockchain and 'smart contracts', which affect markets, professional practice and governance.

Graduates of the Specialist Certificate in Law (Digital Law and Technological Innovation) will:

• Have advanced and integrated understanding of the complex body of knowledge in relation to law and new technologies;
• Have expert, specialised cognitive and technical skills that equip them to independently: analyse, critically reflect on and synthesise complex information, concepts and theories in law and new technologies; research and apply such information, concepts and theories to law and new technologies; and interpret and transmit their knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences
• Apply their knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, expert judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner and learner in law and new technologies.