Legal Tech, AI, and Rules-as-Code

Education facts

Code: JPA005

The course treats the broad concept of Legal Tech which is an umbrella term for technology, especially software, used to deliver legal services and also for systems that support the work of legal practitioners. Their work is facilitated by powerful text databases with laws, preparatory documents, common practice, and doctrine. At the same time, there is an ongoing trend of businesses and authorities trying to streamline their processes, which may lead to automated decision-making without human judgement. The course has a special focus on applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in legal work processes, and on Rules-as-Code transformers in which rules are written in machine-readable form so that the reinterpretation to programming code for computers will not entail reinterpretation of the intentions behind the rules. In relation to AI, different forms of machine learning (ML) are described. Guest lecturers from different Swedish authorities contribute examples and organise workshops as part of the course. Instruction is in the form of lectures, discussion seminars, workshops, laboratory sessions on AI use and RaC use, and presentation seminars.

Entry requirements

60 ECTS credits from semesters 1-2 and 90 ECTS credits from semesters 3-6 of the Law Programme (JALAW), or equivalent

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Legal Tech, AI, and Rules-as-Code

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 8 November 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %