Programme

Law Stream

If you have a legal background and you are interested in the legal aspects of data protection, data governance, cybersecurity or AI law and ethics, the law stream is the right pathway for you. Please double-check the entry requirements for this stream.

Law stream students will complete the first year at DCU, gaining an introduction to the main topics related to law, data and AI. In year 2, students will complete two mobility periods. In semester 1, you will specialise in either data governance (Study Track A, taught in French and offered by AU) or cybersecurity (Study Track B, taught in Spanish and offered by ULE). In semester 2, you will focus on AI law and ethics and complete your dissertation at UNIPI (no prior knowledge of Italian is required as modules are taught in English).

Please click on the tabs below for a detailed description of the programme:

Study Stream

Law

Year

1

Area of Specialisation

Introduction to Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence

Partner University

Dublin City University

Language

English

Summer Period

Optional language module (non credit-bearing)

English for Academic Purposes (3 weeks; 20 hours per week; offered in August at DCU)

Semester 1

Compulsory modules (20 ECTS)

  1. Legal and socio-legal research skills (10 ECTS)
  2. EU Data Protection Law (10 ECTS)

Optional modules (10 ECTS)

  1. EU institutional law (10 ECTS)
  2. Contemporary legal issues in commercial practice (10 ECTS)

Optional language modules (5 ECTS; non-contributory)

  1. Advanced English Language Skills 1 (5 ECTS)
  2. Intermediate French Language Skills 5 (5 ECTS)
  3. Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 5 (5 ECTS)

Semester 2

Compulsory modules (20 ECTS)

  1. Artificial Intelligence, Information and Information Seeking (10 ECTS)
  2. Data Governance (10 ECTS)

Optional modules (10 ECTS)

  1. Comparative Digital Law: Privacy, Data and AI (10 ECTS)
  2. Law and Politics of Brexit (10 ECTS)
  3. European and International Human Rights Law (10 ECTS)

Optional language modules (5 ECTS; non-contributory)

  1. Advanced English Language Skills 2 (5 ECTS)
  2. Intermediate French Language Skills 6 (5 ECTS)
  3. Intermediate Spanish Language Skills 6 (5 ECTS)

Summer Period

Compulsory modules (non credit-bearing)

Summer school (organised on a rotating basis by one of the PUs)

Optional modules (non credit-bearing)

Work placement (May-August)

Study Stream

Law

Year

2

Study Track

A

Area of Specialisation

Data Governance

Partner University

Avignon Université

Language

French

Summer Period

Optional language module (non credit-bearing)

Intensive French Language Course (1 week, 12 hours, offered during the Welcome Week in September at AU)

Semester 3

Compulsory modules (30 ECTS)

  1. Advanced digital law (8 ECTS)
    1. IP, databases, software and networks (2 ECTS)
    2. Document management and archiving law (2 ECTS)
    3. Sociology of quantification (2 ECTS) or Sociology of computing infrastructures (2 ECTS) or Information and personal data economy (2 ECTS)
    4. Sociology of quantification (2 ECTS) or Sociology of computing infrastructures (2 ECTS) or Information and personal data economy (2 ECTS)
  2. Regulation and strategies in a digital context (8 ECTS)
    1. Digital governance (2 ECTS)
    2. Yield management (2 ECTS)
    3. Public management and data-based regulation (2 ECTS)
    4. Economic intelligence and cybersecurity (2 ECTS)
  3. Strategic information management (6 ECTS)
    1. Organisation of data accessibility and sharing (2 ECTS)
    2. Security and encryption key management (2 ECTS)
    3. Integration of predictive platforms (2 ECTS)
  4. Professional practice (8 ECTS)
    1. Digital players (2 ECTS)
    2. Tutored Project (4 ECTS)
    3. Professionalisation and internship search (2 ECTS)

Optional language module (non credit-bearing)

French as a Foreign language (weekly, 18hrs over the semester at AU)

Study Stream

Law

Year

2

Study Track

B

Area of Specialisation

Cybersecurity

Partner University

Universidad de León

Language

Spanish

Summer Period

Optional language module (non credit-bearing)

Summer Spanish language courses (offered during the Summer months before the semester at ULE)

Semester 3

Compulsory modules (30 ECTS)

  1. Technical aspects of cybersecurity: Hacking (4 ECTS)
  2. Good practices in information security (4 ECTS)
  3. Cybersecurity in business and business organizations (6 ECTS)
  4. Digital Fundamental Rights (4 ECTS)
  5. Digital crimes (Cybercrime) (4 ECTS)
  6. Freedom of information, privacy and data protection (4 ECTS)
  7. Intellectual property and measures of protection (4 ECTS)

Optional language module (non credit-bearing)

  1. Three-month Spanish language courses (offered during the semester)
  2. Reinforcement Spanish language courses (offered during the semester)

Study Stream

Law

Year

2

Study Track

A & B

Area of Specialisation

Law and Ethics of AI

Partner University

Università di Pisa

Language

English

Semester 4

Compulsory modules (30 ECTS)

  1. Comparative Law of AI and New Technologies (6 ECTS)
  2. Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and AI (6 ECTS)
  3. Law and Ethics of AI (9 ECTS)
  4. Internship and dissertation (9 ECTS)

Optional language modules (non credit-bearing)

Italian language courses (General, Specialist, or Intensive; offered during the semester)

Summer Period

Compulsory modules (non credit-bearing)

Summer school (organised on a rotating basis by one of the PUs)