LAWS10009 AI, Ethics and the Law (University of Melbourne): rated 4.3/5 overall across 10 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
LAWS10009 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Melbourne Law School in Law. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 人工智能、伦理与法学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Law
Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This subject investigates the role of ethics and law in responding to the opportunities, challenges and risks raised by increasingly widespread use in society of artificial intelligence (AI) and related computational processes. Techniques such as expert systems, machine learning, neural networks,.
LAWS10009 has 10 scored reviews: overall 4.3/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 5.0 stars); 8 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "I did this subject in 2021 and it wasn't one of my fav subjects but still quite interesting. Even though its technically a law subject, it was more interdisciplinary and talked about philosophy, computer science, health in relation to AI as well as obviously the legal aspects. T…"
On Reddit: "Hey! I was the same and wanted a taste of what law subjects were like at unimelb. Last year I did a subject called **AI, Ethics and the Law (LAWS10009).** I believe there is a second similar subject that follows on from it too. I really enjoyed this subject (although I did find …"
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Q: Is LAWS10009 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 10 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 4.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches LAWS10009, and when is it offered?
A: LAWS10009 is taught by the Melbourne Law School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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