Legal Methods II: Machine Learning and Law

Course Information

Course Number
L6130
Curriculum Level
Foundation
Areas of Study
Corporate Law, Business, and Finance, Intellectual Property and Technology, Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Lawyering
Type
Lecture
Additional Attributes
Experiential Credit

Section 001 Information

Instructor

Eric Talley portrait Eric Talley Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

Section Description

This is a one-week immersive course that studies the application of emerging tools of machine learning to legal practice and research. In the last two decades, legal practice and research have been rapidly transformed by the availability and utilization of quantitative data. This trend should not be surprising, since the field of data science has also been quickly expanding over this same period of time to encompass new techniques and definitions of what data can mean or can be. The goal of this one-week course is to provide an overview of central topics typically implicated by the application of data science to law – one that touches on statistics, econometrics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

School Year & Semester
January 2024
Dates
January 8 - January 12
Location
WJWH 309
Schedule
Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Dates
January 8 - January 12
Location
WJWH 309
Schedule
Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Points
1
Method of Evaluation
Other
J.D Writing Credit?
No

Learning Outcomes

Primary
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
  • Academic research and writing
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in transactional design and value creation
  • Legal research and writing
  • Collaboration and/or teamwork
  • Litigation planning

Course Limitations

Instructor Pre-requisites
None
Instructor Co-Requisites
None
Requires Permission
No
Recommended Courses
None
Other Limitations
None

Additional Section for Legal Methods II: Machine Learning and Law

Section 007

School Year & Semester

January 2024

Instructor

Location

JGH 101

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday

Location

JGH 104

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Friday

Points

1

Section 008

School Year & Semester

January 2024

Instructors

Location

WJWH 310

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Points

1

Section 002

School Year & Semester

January 2024

Instructor

Location

WJWH 209

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Location

WJWH 209

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Points

1

Section 006

School Year & Semester

January 2024

Instructor

Location

WJWH 208

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Location

WJWH 208

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Points

1

Section 004

School Year & Semester

January 2024

Instructor

Philip Genty

Philip M. Genty

Everett B. Birch Innovative Teaching Clinical Professor Emeritus in Professional Responsibility

Location

JGH 103

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Location

JGH 103

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Points

1

Section 003

School Year & Semester

January 2024

Instructor

Location

WJWH 207

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Location

WJWH 207

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Points

1

Section 005

School Year & Semester

January 2024

Instructor

Avery Katz

Avery W. Katz

Milton Handler Professor of Law and Reuben Mark Professor of Organizational Character

Location

JGH 102a

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Location

JGH 102a

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

Points

1
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