Participants were introduced to the diverse approaches adopted by jurisdictions including the European Union, the United States, China, and India, highlighting differing regulatory philosophies and policy priorities. The discussion also explored emerging issues surrounding agentic AI, synthetic media, liability, copyright, child safety, frontier AI governance, and the concentration of technological power. Bringing together fellows from diverse academic and national backgrounds, the session provided a valuable platform for examining the opportunities, risks, and governance challenges associated with the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence.

Chaired by Prof. (Dr.) Raman Mittal, member of the expert committee on copyright and generative AI constituted by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the session brought together a diverse group of speakers including legal practitioners, AI engineers, and creators. Panelists included Ms. Neha Dhir, Founder of Block Legal; representatives from Pivot Intelligence; and Ms. Namita Bhaladhare, an Al-driven music creator, with the discussion moderated by Mr. Souradeep Mukhopadhyay, Assistant Director at the Centre.

The discussion examined key issues surrounding the training of AI systems, their use in creative industries, and the copyright implications arising from these processes. By combining legal, technical, and creative perspectives, the session offered a practical and interdisciplinary exploration of emerging challenges in Al-related copyright governance.

The discussion benefited from the students’ thoughtful questions and comparative perspectives, drawing on experiences from the United States and other jurisdictions. The interaction contributed to ongoing dialogue on the role of AI in expanding access to justice across diverse legal systems.

The colloquium marks the beginning of a planned series of academic engagements with the BA (AI & Law) Programme, aimed at fostering sustained dialogue at the intersection of law and emerging technologies.

students to law as a structured reasoning system that can be decomposed and translated into computational pipelines. The demonstration highlighted how legal reasoning can be designed, audited, and refined, emphasising that the accuracy of legal AI systems depends on the design and engineering of the reasoning process. The session contributed to building a deeper understanding of the intersection of law, artificial intelligence, and computational reasoning among participating students.

The session introduced the Institute’s work at the intersection of technology, policy, and society, including the Unboxing Tech Toolkit series, which seeks to unpack how technological systems are designed, the assumptions they embed, and their broader societal implications. The discussion that
followed saw active engagement from students, grounding the conversation in lived experience, design, and societal impact.
The session underscored the importance of combining technical understanding with critical reflection in both the development and regulation of emerging technologies.

The discussion examined key themes including the regulation of online content across jurisdictions, the use of data in AI training and its policy implications,developments in copyright law in India, and the growth of open-source ecosystems in India, the European Union, and the United States. The session foregrounded the importance of comparative regulatory perspectives in addressing complex questions in AI governance and digital policy.
The roundtable contributed to ongoing institutional engagement with international experts and reinforced the importance of cross-jurisdictional dialogue in shaping the future of technology governance.

As part of the session, students presented and refined foundational legal terminology on AI governance for inclusion in the Justice Definitions Wiki, India’s collaborative database of key legal concepts developed in partnership with organisations such as DAKSH. The roundtable featured student-led presentations, expert discussions, and collaborative efforts towards building accessible and structured legal resources in the domain of AI governance.

The CLIC programme is designed for law students and legal professionals and aims to foster innovative thinking and an adaptive approach to legal practice through modules on LegalTech, New Law, and Design Thinking. The workshop was well received, with students demonstrating enthusiasm and generating insightful discussion on the practical application of legal technology and the implications of Al-driven practice for the next generation of lawyers.