Legal Technology in Legal Practice (975M3)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll explore how legal technology in legal practice is reshaping legal work, including:

• opportunities (automation, research, drafting, analytics)
• challenges (ethics, bias, confidentiality, regulation)
• real-world impact on courts, firms, legal advice centres and employment. 

Framed by human-centred design and inclusion, the module develops your ability to:

• map workflow problems
• evaluate tools and data responsibly
• imagine credible interventions that widen legal services while managing risk. 

By the end of the module, you will be able to:

• assess legal-tech solutions
• articulate their social and professional value
• chart future-ready career pathways across the evolving justice ecosystem. 

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 267 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.