What to expect

Set in Ottawa, Canada’s national capital, this two-week program combines rigorous academic learning with enriching cultural experiences, including guided tours of Canada’s iconic Parliament buildings and outdoor adventures.

The program fee covers your accommodation, meals, excursions, and transportation to and from the airport, ensuring a seamless and enriching experience.

Program description

digital world

Generative AI, chatbots, and facial recognition technologies have become integral parts of our daily lives. While the benefits of AI inspire enthusiasm, this technology also generates significant risks, particularly to fundamental rights. As the legal frameworks governing AI systems and models are still evolving, expertise in this emerging area of law is becoming an essential skill for lawyers.

Taught by internationally renowned specialists, this course explores the key social, ethical, and legal challenges associated with AI. It provides a comprehensive analysis from the perspectives of Canadian, European, American, and Chinese AI laws.

Join our two-week intensive course from July 7 to July 18, 2025.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

Meet the professors

Céline Castets-Renard

Céline Castets-Renard

Holder of the the Canada Research Chair in International and Comparative AI Law and the Chair on AI Law and Governance in a Global Economy in ANITI (France). She is a full professor at the Faculty  of Civil Law.

Dai Xin

Dai Xin

Dai Xin is an Associate Professor (with tenure) at Peking University Law School and is Vice Dean for International Programs. He holds a J.S.D. from the University of Chicago (2018), a J.D. from Duke University (2009), and an LL.B. from Peking University (2006). Before joining Peking University in 2020, he held academic roles at Ocean University of China Law School (2013–2020) and practiced at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York and Hong Kong (2010–2013). His research focuses on Legal Theories, Law and Society, Economic Analysis of Law, Information Privacy, and Internet Law.

Florian Martin-Bariteau

Florian Martin-Bariteau

University Research Chair in Technology and Society; Associate Professor, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law; Director, Centre for Law, Technology and Society; Director, AI + Society Initiative.

Marcelo Thompson

Marcelo Thompson

Incoming Assistant Professor at uOttawa's Faculty of Law Common Law Section. Doctor of Philosophy from the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. Previously served as a faculty member and Deputy Director of the Law and Technology Centre at The University of Hong Kong.