Beginning in academic year 2026–27, Emory University School of Law will offer a new concentration in AI and the Law, giving students a front-row seat to one of the most transformative developments in modern legal practice. This concentration creates an academic pathway for students seeking to develop expertise in a rapidly evolving field that is transforming legal practice. Graduates who complete the concentration will be able to signal to employers not just interest, but fluency, in navigating the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

The AI & Law concentration builds on Emory Law’s existing curricular strengths, drawing together core and elective courses from the law school and, where appropriate, from interdisciplinary offerings in areas such as business, technology, and quantitative methods. Emory Law is home to one of the strongest AI-focused programs in legal education, bolstered by Emory University’s AI.Humanity Initiative, the Center for AI Learning, and a university-wide commitment to recruiting leading scholars in AI and law. The result is an unparalleled environment for students who want to be at the forefront of the future of law.

“Our roster of AI-focused faculty is strong,” remarked Emory Law Dean Richard Freer, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law. “This new concentration will formalize and provide credit opportunities for the already impressive AI-centered education available to our students. It’s another step forward in the number one strategic goal of this administration: student flourishing.”

The AI & Law concentration joins a robust set of existing academic tracks at Emory Law, including concentrations in Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Criminal Litigation, Health Law, and Law and Religion, as well as two highly regarded certificate programs in Transactional Law and Skills and Technological Innovation.

The concentration's Committee of Advisors includes Matthew Sag, a world-leading authority on copyright and AI who testified before the US Senate on generative AI; Ifeoma Ajunwa, founding director of Emory Law's AI and the Future of Work Program and author of The Quantified Worker; Jessica Roberts, a leading scholar of AI's legal and ethical implications in healthcare; Kevin Quinn, who teaches Data Science and the Law and whose research focuses on questions of empirical legal studies and statistical methodology; and Nicole Morris, who directs Emory Law's Innovation and Legal Tech Initiative and was named one of the American Bar Association's Women of Legal Tech.

Sag explains, “Law schools have spent decades teaching students to think like lawyers. This concentration teaches them to think like lawyers in a world where their clients, their opponents, and the judges they appear before are all grappling with AI. That's not a niche skill anymore — it's a core competency.”