LAWS78-102: Legal Innovation and Technology

Description

Legal Innovation and Technology is an elective subject in the Juris Doctor Online. It examines how digital technologies, artificial intelligence and data-driven systems are transforming legal practice and legal service delivery with a particular focus on generative AI, large language models and emerging agentic systems. Students examine the use of these technologies across legal research, drafting, transactions, litigation and client service while developing applied technological literacy grounded in ethical and institutional awareness.

Subject details

Type:	Postgraduate Subject
Code:	LAWS78-102
EFTSL:	0.125
Faculty:	Faculty of Law
Credit:	10
Study areas:	Law
Subject fees:	Commencing in 2027: $5,830.00 Commencing in 2027: $5,830.00

Learning outcomes

Analyse how artificial intelligence and other digital technologies are changing legal tasks, professional practice and legal institutions.
Evaluate the capabilities and limitations of contemporary legal technologies, including generative AI, large language models and agentic systems.
Apply legal technologies critically to simulated professional tasks, and verify outputs against authoritative sources.
Design and evaluate technology-enabled legal workflows and governance controls consistent with professional, confidentiality, privacy and security obligations.
Communicate and defend reasoned recommendations on the use, limitation and governance of legal technologies in professional contexts.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:	Nil
Assumed knowledge:	Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
Restrictions:	This subject is not available to Study Abroad Students This subject is not available to students on US Financial Aid. Students on a Student Visa may be restricted from enrolment due to the mode of delivery in the chosen semester. Check the subject outline for further details. This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

This subject is not available to

Study Abroad Students
This subject is not available to students on US Financial Aid.
Students on a Student Visa may be restricted from enrolment due to the mode of delivery in the chosen semester. Check the subject outline for further details.

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.