and Analytics 356 and the MSc in Data Analytics for Government 357 at Cardiff University, the MSc in Data Science 358 at Cardiff Met, the MSc in Advanced Data Science 359 at Bangor University, the MSc in Data Science 360 at Aberystwyth University, and the MSc in Data Science at the University of South Wales 361 ), in addition to numerous postgraduate courses in computer science.
5.2 Undergraduate modules Most Welsh universities offer undergraduate modules with a focus on legal technology.
The University of South Wales is the only Welsh HEI that includes a compulsory legal technology (Law and Technology in Practice 362 ) module in it LLB curriculum (in year 2). Cardiff University offers an optional year-long module in Law, Technology and Society 363 , with a focus on technology regulation and the impact of technology on the legal profession. Bangor University offers an optional module in Law and Technology 364 , looking at a wide range of topics, including the intersections of law and technology, Law Tech tools used by law firms, algorithmic decision making, online case management systems, online courts, visualisation, legal research and ethics. Aberystwyth University offers an optional module in Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law 365 , with a curriculum covering the legal challenges of the digital economy, the impact of artificial intelligence, regulation of technology, and “the impact of artificial intelligence and technology in the fields of crime, commerce, privacy and medicine 366 ”. Swansea University offers an optional module in Foundations in LegalTech 367 , focusing on a range of key legal technologies - machine learning, symbolic and explainable artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technologies, to explore their regulation from a legal and ethical perspective. The module also offers a series of interactive workshops in which the students present and discuss real examples of LegalTech applications. 356 Cardiff University, “Data Science and Analytics”, available at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/data-science-and-analytics-msc. 357 Cardiff University, “Data Analytics for Government Msc”, available at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/data-analytics-for-government-msc. 358 Cardiff Metropolitan University, “Data Science Masters Degree - MSc/PgD/PgC”, available at https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/technologies/courses/Pages/Data-Science-MSc.aspx. 359 Bangor University, “Advanced Data Science MSc.”, available at https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate- taught/advanced-data-science-msc. 360 Aberystwyth University, “Data Science MSc”, available at https://courses.aber.ac.uk/postgraduate/masters-data-science. 361 University of South Wales, “Data Science MSc”, available at https://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/msc-data-science/. 362 University of South Wales, “LLB (Hons) Law”, available at https://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/llb-hons-law/. 363 Cardiff University, “Law (LLB)”, available at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/course/law-llb. 364 Bangor University, “Module SXL-3202, Law and Technology”, available at https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate- modules/SXL-3202/202223. 365 Aberystwyth University, “Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law”, available at https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/modules/deptcurrent/LC30020/. 366 Ibid. 367 Swansea University, “LAA250 Foundations in LegalTech”, available at https://intranet.swan.ac.uk/catalogue/default.asp?type=moddetail&dept=any&mod=LAA250&ayr=23%2F24&psl=TB1&detailO nly=false.
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