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Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has made history by launching the first-ever Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Law in India. This new course is designed to fill the existing gap by offering solutions to technology education enhanced with legal knowledge, for fields like technology law, Artificial Intelligence policy, and ethical management.
Starting up this programme shows that JGU is keen and determined to produce academic programmes that focus more on the welfare of society. It highlights the preparations of the university for imparting to future legal professionals the knowledge needed to navigate around problems posed by Artificial Intelligence in the legal environment.
Prof. (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor of JGU, outlined the significant implications of AI on global legal systems during the launch seminar. These include:
Enhanced Legal Analytics: Artificial Intelligence tools are now in the process of changing the practice of law through such techniques as making prognoses for the outcomes of certain cases depending on past experiences.
Addressing Bias: BIAS in the processes done through Artificial Intelligence is one of the crucial issues, and when it comes to countries like India, the problem only seems to compound.
Cross-Border Disputes: While platforms which base their procedures on artificial intelligence make arbitration more efficient, there is a concern with sovereignty and legal standardisation.
Cybersecurity and Privacy: Privacy-violating incidents like the Pegasus spyware incident only make it clear that more legal safeguards are required.
Automated Law Enforcement: AI in surveillance poses risks to privacy and human rights, requiring strict regulations.
During its launching seminar on “Artificial Intelligence and Law” Prof. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Honourable Union Minister of Law & Justice of India inaugurated this programme. Shri Meghwal argued the value of computerised systems but also the country’s interests in preventing the reduction of rule of law decision-making to algorithmic parameters.
The conference which was presided over by Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Dutta, Attorney General Venkataramani, and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta focused on the opportunities of artificial intelligence application in legal systems and the importance of preserving human cognition in judicial decision-making.
This novel programme at JGLS is a major advance in the process of incorporating AI into legal pedagogy. It not only equips students for what lie ahead but also defines highest standards of innovation in Technology and Law across the globe.
