UCLA School of Law

UCLA School of Law was founded in 1949 as the third oldest law school in the University of California system. Located in Los Angeles, it has grown into one of the nation's leading public law schools with over 60 full-time faculty and approximately 1,335 students across J.D., LL.M., and M.L.S. programs. The school's AI safety and governance work is centered in two programs. The Program on Understanding Law, Science and Evidence (PULSE), co-directed by Professor Edward Parson and Professor Richard Re, received a $1,536,222 grant from the Open Philanthropy Project in July 2017 to fund two full-time fellowships in Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Policy. PULSE's AI initiative explored the social, economic, and legal implications of transformative AI and machine learning, organized workshops on AI safety's legal and policy dimensions, and launched the AIPULSE.org platform in 2019 as a repository of accessible scholarship on AI governance. In January 2020, UCLA Law launched the Institute for Technology, Law & Policy (ITLP) in partnership with the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, backed by a five-year, $10.25 million grant from multiple philanthropists. ITLP conducts research on AI and machine learning, content moderation, intellectual property, privacy regulation, and cybersecurity, with the goal of ensuring emerging technologies are socially beneficial, equitable, and accountable. ITLP is led by Executive Director Julia Powles and faculty co-directors Mark McKenna and John Villasenor. UCLA Law also offers courses in Artificial Intelligence and the Law and hosts an AI Law Association student organization, positioning it as a hub for legal scholarship on AI governance.