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By Asia Education Review Team , Wednesday, 30 July 2025 03:24:26 PM

UNESCO Toolkit for AI & Rule of Law Revolutionizes Legal Education Globally

    • Law schools worldwide are adopting UNESCO’s AI and Rule of Law toolkit, embedding it into core curricula and judicial training to address ethical and legal AI challenges.
    • NALSAR University in India launched a global eight-week course, “Artificial Intelligence, Law and Justice,” inspired by UNESCO's training, attracting over 4,200 participants.
    • Courts and legal institutions globally are embracing the toolkit, promoting human rights-based, inclusive, and ethical frameworks for AI governance and justice.

    Law schools around the world are integrating UNESCO’s toolkit on artificial intelligence and the rule of law into their academic programs, equipping future legal professionals to navigate the complex ethical, legal, and human rights challenges posed by AI technologies. The toolkit serves as a comprehensive educational resource, fostering critical thinking on the impact of AI within legal frameworks and encouraging responsible technology use. Its impact reaches outside specialist electives, into core curricula, academic panels, and hands-on workshops throughout law faculties and judicial training centres.

    Perhaps the best example of the toolkit's real-world application is from India, where NALSAR University of Law introduced an eight-week online course called 'Artificial Intelligence, Law and Justice' Plagiarizing directly from UNESCO's materials, the course has been made available for those from all walks of life with no prior knowledge of law or technology. The response has been tremendous, with more than 4,200 registrants joining from all over the world.

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    The course captures the flexibility and broad applicability of the toolkit, establishing its value for a large and diverse group. NALSAR Professor Krishna Ravi Srinivas emphasized the key role UNESCO's South Asia regional training on AI and the Rule of Law played in influencing the initiative, highlighting the need for legal educators to incorporate these materials into the classroom.

    The increasing adoption of UNESCO's toolbox by courts and tribunals globally points to a wider trend towards ensuring that the legal community remains in step with the technological revolution in society. In its advocacy of human rights, ethical norms, and the rule of law in the application of AI, UNESCO is strengthening the pillars of justice in today's more technologically advanced world.

    With continuous efforts towards broadening partnerships and adapting resources to local conditions, UNESCO is working towards making AI and justice education universally available. This worldwide movement is empowering judiciaries to take inclusive, equitable, and human rights-based strategies to AI regulation, building a more equitable future in the digital world.

     

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