Summer School
Law in the Digital Age
From Citizens to Artificial Intelligence
Application FormLearning
Face-to-face
Language
Spanish
Start
16 Jun - 4 Jul 2025
Credits
9 ECTS
Law in the Digital Age: From Citizens to Artificial Intelligence
Who is it aimed at?
The summer programme “Law in the Digital Age: From Citizens to Artificial Intelligence” has been conceived to enable participants to understand how digital technologies, especially AI, are transforming the legal industry and citizens’ rights. It is especially aimed at:
- Law students
Interested in upgrading their insights on the impact of emerging technologies on legal practice.
- Technology students
Seeking to understand the legal implications of artificial intelligence and other digital technologies.
- Researchers and academics
Specialising in the intersection between law and technology.
Why choose this programme?
- Professional development:
It provides an in-depth understanding of how artificial intelligence and digital technologies are redefining traditional legal concepts.
- Interdisciplinary approach:
It combines legal and technological perspectives, offering a holistic vision of challenges and opportunities in the digital age.
- Networking:
It offers the chance to connect with law and technology professionals and experts, fostering future partnerships.
- Practical methodology:
It includes case studies and analysis of real-life situations, enabling participants to apply what they learn in a professional context.
This programme is ideal for individuals who wish to be at the forefront of Law in the digital age by understanding the legal implications of AI and preparing for the legal challenges posed by new technologies.
Learning Objectives
Comprehensive legal insights
To foster students’ ability to collect and interpret data, form thoughtful opinions on relevant legal issues, and act in accordance with the fundamental rights, democratic principles, and values that underpin public economic order and the free movement of goods and services in the European Union.Safeguarding privacy and intangible assets
To equip students with the advanced notions and practical skills required to address complex legal issues related to protecting information and intangible assets in a globalised environment.Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)
To offer a comprehensive view of ODR, addressing its different mechanisms, including their advantages and disadvantages, as well as the main agents involved. The programme includes a detailed analysis of techniques such as mediation, conciliation, arbitration and negotiation.Cybersecurity and cybercrime
To prepare students to face the challenges posed by cybersecurity and cybercrime legislation worldwide by building skills that will enable them to operate in a global legal and technological context.
Methodology
A complete, modern education that meets the demands of the market
CUNEF offers its students a comprehensive, modern and state-of-the-art education, based on a methodology that optimally balances theory and practice.
This programme offers an interdisciplinary learning experience. The different courses cover essential legal topics, while enabling participants to specialise in innovative sectors of Law that have arisen as a consequence of new technologies and the emergence of new individual rights, such as personal data protection. All this in a context of internationalisation, innovation, digitalisation and technological change that seeks to prepare participants to overcome current challenges.
In short, CUNEF provides a complete, modern education aligned with the demands of the market, using a methodology that offers the perfect balance between theory and practice.
Programme
| TOPIC | TITLE |
|---|---|
| Topic 1 | Law in the “Digital Age”: Institutional Foundations; Basic Rights in the Digital Age |
| Topic 2 | Digital Services Market. Intellectual Property |
Content:
Digital transformations and their structural and functional impact on democratic rule of law. The Law between conservation and change. Basic rights in the digital age: privacy and data protection; freedom of speech and content moderation on digital platforms; digital disconnection and its implications; equal access to technology.
Digital service market regulation: interoperability, competition and consumer protection. Threats to intellectual property in the digital age.
| TOPIC | TITLE |
|---|---|
| Topic 3 | Data Protection |
| Topic 4 | Artificial Intelligence |
Content:
The impact of data protection regulations in a globalised and digital market: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU and the challenges arising from its application.
Artificial Intelligence Law: protection of rights; risks involved in automated decision-making, particularly in sensitive industries like health and finance; the institutional key to AI governance; new EU AI Act.
| TOPIC | TITLE |
|---|---|
| Topic 5 | Taxation |
| Topic 6 | Cybersecurity |
Content:
Tax challenges in the digital economy and strategies to address them. Taxation of large digital platforms, new forms of digital income and their tax treatment. European cybersecurity legislation: NIS2 Directive and the new Cybersecurity Act.
Life at CUNEF Universidad
At CUNEF Universidad, you will find an environment that supports and encourages learning and professional development, with the sole purpose of enhancing your talent.
For more than 50 years, CUNEF’s guiding principles have been the specialisation of its academic offering, the excellence of its students, professors and researchers, and its international vision. In the next 50 years, CUNEF Universidad intends to follow these same principles, combined with: academic rigour, to be a benchmark in teaching and research; dedication, to become a driving force for research and innovation; plurality, to integrate different points of view, and encourage transversality and collaboration in decision-making; and equity, to guarantee equal opportunities through a scholarship and financial aid system that enables the institution to shape leaders capable of transferring these values to their environment.
Why come to Madrid?
Madrid is a vibrant city with a vast cultural heritage and many sights and activities to explo
- Landscape of Light (Prado, Reina Sofia, Thyssen-Bornemisza, Retiro Park)
- Wide range of cultural activities (Museums, Opera, Theatre, Ballet)
- Unique monuments and buildings (Royal Palace, Cibeles, Puerta de Alcalá)
- Culinary venues