AI and Law Summer School

• History of AI & Law, including a very brief history of AI
• Knowledge-based systems for representing regulations, including their application in public administration and regulatory compliance
• Models of legal argument, including case-based and logic-based approaches
• Evidential reasoning, including argumentation-based, scenario-based and Bayesian approaches
• Retrieving and analysing legal texts including case retrieval, discovery, information extraction, document analysis and design, and network analysis
• Predictive models, including predicting outcomes of cases, crimes and recidivism

You must submit your application and upload your CV and transcripts of your degrees via the interactive online application form. You need to:

1. Register and insert your personal details
2. Complete and submit your application

Once you have registered, you may continue to work on your application. Submit the application only when you have filled in all the information correctly and have successfully uploaded your CV and transcripts of your degrees.

After your application is evaluated, you will receive an acceptance email if you are admitted to the summer school.

If you have questions about the program, including whether it fits your other programs of study, please contact the organizers:  lawsummerschools@eui.eu

The 2026 AI and Law Summer School will take place over five lecture days. The tables below present the contents that will be covered in each session, as well as the professors responsible for the activities.

 [The programme is subject to change]

Day 1 

08:30-09:00 Registration

• 09:00-10:30 Session 1.1.1: Introduction to AI and Law (Kevin Ashley)
• 11:00-12:30 Session 1.1.2: Knowledge-based systems: Theory (Giuseppe Contissa)
• 14:00-15:30 Session 1.2.1: Knowledge-based systems: Hands-on Session (Giuseppe Contissa)
• 16:00-17:30 Session 1.2.2: Legal Knowledge Modelling: from Semantic to the Rules (Monica Palmirani)

Day 2 

• 09:00-10:30 Session 2.1.1: Models of legal argument: Case-based approaches (Kevin Ashley)
• 11:00-12:30 Session 2.1.2: Models of legal argument: Logical and integrated approaches (Henry Prakken)
• 14:00-15:30 Session 2.2.1: Models of legal argument: Evidential reasoning (Henry Prakken)
• 16:00-17:30 Session 2.2.2: Day 2: Hands-on session (Kevin Ashley, Henry Prakken)

Day 3 

• 09:00-10:30 Session 3.1.1: Machine learning: Introduction (Andrea Galassi)
• 11:00-12:30 Session 3.1.2: Machine learning: Introduction (Hands-on) (Andrea Galassi)
• 14:00-15:30 Session 3.2.1: Information extraction from legal text (Adam Wyner)
• 16:00-17:30 Session 3.2.2: Legal Aspects of AI and Law: Fairness, Explainability and the AI Act (Giovanni Sartor, Rūta Liepiņa)

Day 4 

• 09:00-10:30 Session 4.1.1: Text analytics and legal cases (Andrea Loreggia)
• 11:00-12:30 Session 4.1.2: Text analytics and legal cases: Hands-on Session (Andrea Loreggia)
• 14:00-15:30 Session 4.1.3: Text analytics in the legal domain: the case of contracts and privacy policies (Francesca Lagioia)
• 16:00-17:30 Session 4.1.4: Text analytics (advanced) (Kevin Ashley)

Day 5 

• 09:00-10:30 Session 5.1.1: Legal forecasting (Arthur Dyevre)
• 11:00-12:30 Session 5.1.2: Network analysis (Arthur Dyevre)
• 14:00-15:30 Session 5.2.1: AI and Law in practice (Floris Bex)
• 16:00-17:30 Session 5.2.2: Closing session and Certificates of attendance (Giovanni Sartor, Kevin Ashley, Henry Prakken)

Every day of the course, except for the final day, will have four sessions, lasting 1:30h each. Between each session, there will be a 30-minute break. The table below shows the start and end times of each session, specified in Florence time (CET).

First session

• 9:00 AM - 10:30 PM

Second Session

• 11:00 AM - 12.30 PM

Lunch

• 12:30 PM - 14:00 PM

Third session

• 14:00 PM - 15.30 PM

Fourth Session

• 16:00 PM - 17:30 PM

For further information on the venue of the conference (Badia Fiesolana), please see the EUI website.

Selected candidates will be sent a link to complete online registration for the course and to pay the registration fee corresponding to their modality of participation.

• In-person fee: 650 euros
• Online fee: 450 euros

The registration fee includes access to all Summer School sessions and online events, as well as e-learning materials. Meals and coffee breaks will be provided during the day. Accommodation, travel, and other daily expenses are not included in the registration fee.

For further information on the AI and Law Summer School, you can contact lawsummerschools@eui.eu

Accommodation, travel and additional daily expenses are not included in the registration fee.

We encourage candidates from the countries targeted by the EUI Widening Europe Programme to apply.

You may be eligible for some of your course costs to be paid through the EUI’s Widening Europe Programme if (i) you are a national of one of the following countries AND (ii) you are affiliated with an academic institution and/or research institute in one of the following countries.

Within the European Union:
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

Outside the European Union:
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Moldova, and Ukraine.

Please indicate this in your application form.

Fee waivers are awarded based on the quality of the application, following a ranking system, and are subject to the availability of funds.

Please note that funding is exclusively applicable for in-person participation.

If you have additional questions please email us at:
lawsummerschools@eui.eu