The LegalTech Ecosystem in Wales

project instead of a standard dissertation, developing a computational artefact (such as an app or an ontology). Graduates of the programme have found employment in top law firms in the UK and EU, including Bird & Bird, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, and others. 342 The original LLM LegalTech has now evolved into a new LegalTech and Commercial Law LLM, starting from 2023. 343 The new programme offers modules such as Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Legal Practice, and Distributed Ledger Technology and Commerce – Law and Regulation, looking at practical applications of legal technology in the field of commercial law. In 2023, the University of South Wales launched a new LLM in Law, Technology and Innovation 344 , which offers a module dedicated to Artificial Intelligence Law, together with modules in Information Technology Law, International Intellectual Property Law, and others. Most Welsh Universities offer postgraduate courses in areas relevant to legal technology, including cyber security (such as the MSc in Cyber Security 345 and the MSc in Cyber Security and Technology 346 at Cardiff University, the MSc in Advanced Computer Security 347 at Cardiff Met, the MSc in Cyber Security 348 and the MA in Cyber Crime and Terrorism 349 at Swansea University, the MSc in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics 350 at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the MSc Cyber Security at Wrexham Glyndwr University 351 , and the MSc in Applied Cyber Security at the University of South Wales 352 ) and data science (such as the MSc in Data Science and Analytics 353 at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the MSc in Data Science 354 and the MSc in Applied Data Science 355 at Swansea University, the MSc in Data Science 342 Information provided by the course director to the research team as of May 2023. 343 Swansea University, “LegalTech and Commercial Law LLM”, available at https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/law/llm-legaltech-commercial-law/. 344 University of South Wales, “LLM Law, Technology and Innovation”, available at https://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/llm- law-technology-and-innovation/. 345 Cardiff University, “Cyber Security Msc”, available at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/cyber-security-msc-full-time-1-year. 346 Cardiff University, “Cyber Security and Technology Msc”, available at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/cyber-security-and-technology-msc-full-time-1-year. 347 Cardiff Metropolitan University, “Advanced Computer Security Masters Degree - MSc/PgD/PgC”, available at https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/technologies/courses/Pages/Advanced-Computer-Security-MSc.aspx. 348 Swansea University, “Cyber Security MSc”, available at https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/maths-comp- sci/computer-science/msc-cyber-security/. 349 Swansea University, “Cyber crime and terrorism MA”, available at https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/law/ma- cyber-crime-terrorism/. 350 University of Wales Trinity Saint David, “Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics (MSc, PGDip, PGCert)”, available at https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/msc-computer-networks/. 351 North Wales Management School, Wrexham Glyndwr University, “Online Msc Computer Science With Cyber Security”, available at https://online.glyndwr.ac.uk/online-msc-computer-science-with-cyber-security/. 352 University of South Wales, “MSc Applied Cyber Security”, available at https://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/msc-applied- cyber-security/. 353 University of Wales Trinity Saint David, “Data Science and Analytics (MSc, PGDip, PGCert)”, available at https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/msc-data-science-and-analytics/. 354 Swansea University, “Data Science Msc”, available at https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/maths-comp- sci/computer-science/msc-data-science/. 355 Swansea University, “Applied Data Science Msc”, available at https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/maths-comp- sci/mathematics/msc-applied-data-science/.

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