RU Welcomes IE Law Students Master in Legal Tech

Overview

The goal of this capstone module is to expose students to Israel's unique ecosystem, and to help participants take crucial steps towards a practical understanding of the emerging world of legal technologies in general, and its impact on lawyers and on the industry as a whole.

Throughout the program, students will meet Israel's influential industry leaders and eminent entrepreneurs in the legal tech world. In order to educate tomorrow's leadership, these industry experts are eager to provide in-depth-information regarding their disruptive technologies, and to share their experience as well as their personal stories.

In addition to meeting with professionals from the legal tech eco-system, students will learn how technologies such as AI, predictive analytics and cybersecurity are employed in legal technologies through extensive academic coursework.

Importantly students will gain an appreciation as to how some laws will regulate new and innovative legal technologies. These laws include intellectual property, privacy, security and even underappreciated regulations associated with legal ethics.

Benefits

• Obtain knowledge and skills necessary to succeed as lawyers in the era of disruptive legal tech innovations.
• Gain insights into the Israeli business mindset firsthand and experience for yourself the country's entrepreneurial environment, particularly as it relates to legal tech.
• Learn how to deal with global challenges associated with new and emerging legal technologies.
  Experience the Israeli legal tech innovation and
• entrepreneurship ecosystem through meeting international experts and visiting leading law firms.