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Law and Technology
Last Updated Date:   9 July 2025


4 Units,  Semester 1

Course Description:
Laws and regulations must contend with increasingly complex and fast-moving advances in technology. This course equips law students with the basic technical knowledge necessary to appreciate the interface between technology and law and the use of technology in the law. Through a series of simple basic Python coding exercises and hands-on design-thinking projects, students will also be exposed to elements of programming and their use as well as their limitations. We will also illustrate the application of coding to legal issues such as data protection, virtual assets, cybercrimes, electronic evidence, legal liability for autonomous devices and artificial intelligence. Students will also be shown how technology is used in legal practice today. Students completing this course will have a better appreciation of the regulatory issues associated with technology that are increasingly posing legal and ethical challenges for lawyers, regulators, and judges.

Course Convenor: A/P Daniel Seng Kiat Boon

Co-teacher(s): Dr Ilya Akdemir, Jennifer Lim, Paul McClelland

Course Codes: LL5493 / LL6493 / LLJ5493

Contact Hours: 3 hour weekly seminar

Workload: 3 hours

Mode of Assessment: Class Performance - 15%; Graded Coding exercise - 25% [Due: Week 6: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 (12-2pm)]; 3-hr Take Home Exam - 60% [Wed, 19 Nov 2025 (Release: 4pm; Due: 7pm)]

Preclusions: LL4493V/LL5493V/LLJ5493V/LL6493V Law and Technology

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent.

Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination

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