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Degree 6 years of higher education, RNCP Level 7
Entry-level Master’s degree
Duration 12 months
Credits 75 ECTS
Format Work-study program, initial or continuing education
Language French
Campus Paris-Villejuif
Back to School October 2027
MSc · Start Date: October 2027 · Paris-Villejuif
MSc in AI Governance, Risk &Compliance: A six-year post-baccalaureate program that trains legal professionals to govern AI
A six-year post-baccalaureate program that trains legal professionals to understand AI and data technologies so they can effectively manage their governance, risks, and compliance.
Work-Study Program · Initial Training · Continuing Education · Guarantee of Diploma Validity©
Integrated RNCP Level 7 Competency Block. BC01: Identify and define the challenges and impacts of the various areas of AI application · part of the Artificial Intelligence Solutions Development Project Manager certification · RNCP 38584 · Certifying body: aivancity.
12 monthsDuration
75 ECTSCredits
350 hoursAcademic training
242-Day Seminars
6AI GRC Projects
Why Now?
The law doesn't disappear. It shifts to a different level.
The legal profession is undergoing a paradoxical transformation. AI is gradually automating some of the tasks that used to be the first experiences of young lawyers: document research, monitoring developments, reviewing contracts, comparing clauses, summarizing case law, and due diligence.
At the same time, organizations have never had a greater need for legal expertise to govern the technologies they deploy. As data, generative AI, autonomous agents, and foundation models become integrated into business processes, the questions keep piling up.
Questions that arise:
- What data can be used?
- What system can be deployed, and under what conditions?
- Who is responsible? What risks need to be monitored?
- How can compliance be demonstrated?
- When should humans take back control?
- Even if the law allows it, should we really do it?
Governing an AI isn't just about reading a set of rules. You have to understand how the system is built.
The legal market is shifting on two fronts
AI is automating some legal work at the very moment its governance is becoming a market.
41%
Law firms and 47% of corporate legal departments will already be using generative AI by 2026. Applications include: literature reviews, legal research, summarization, and drafting memos and contracts.
Thomson Reuters, "AI in Professional Services Report 2026"
80%
Legal professionals believe that AI will have a significant or transformative impact on their work over the next five years. AI tools could already save them nearly 240 hours a year.
Thomson Reuters, Future of Professionals / Legal AI 2026
− 7.5%
entry-level hires at major U.S. law firms in 2025. This is the first decline recorded in more than ten years.
NALP / Reuters, 2026
77%
Some organizations are already working to establish AI governance (nearly 90% of those that already use AI). Only 1.5% do not foresee any additional needs over the next twelve months.
IAPP & Credo AI, AI Governance Profession Report 2025
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The law does not lose its importance. Value is shifting toward those who will be able to manage technology.
“The paradox is a historical one: AI is automating some of the entry-level legal tasks at the very moment when the explosion of regulations is creating new needs in governance, risk, and compliance. Those who can bridge the gaps between law, technology, and accountability will not be left behind by this transformation—they will become its most sought-after players.”
Prof. Tawhid ChtiouiFounding President of aivancity · Named one of the 25 most influential global figures in AI and data in 2025 by Keyrus · “Global AI Education & Innovation Leader 2026”
Positioning
You can't govern what you don't understand.
The MSc program is designed for graduates with a five-year degree in law or a legal specialization, as well as professionals seeking to develop advanced expertise in the governance of AI and data. Its goal is not to retrain students in law.
Not data scientists. Not AI engineers.
Nor should lawyers be forced to view technology as a black box. The program equips them with the technical understanding needed to engage with data and AI teams, scrutinize architectures, identify risks, challenge technology choices, and audit the systems they will be responsible for governing.
At the end of the course
What graduates will be able to do upon completion of the program.
- Understanding the continuum: Data → ML → Generative AI → RAG → Agents → Agent-based Systems.
- Classify systems, data, stakeholders, and uses to identify the applicable obligations.
- Governing Data and AI Systems: Responsibilities, Policies, Controls, and Human Oversight.
- Assess legal, technological, ethical, reputational, human, and sovereignty risks.
- Auditing and monitoring an AI system: architecture, data, models, agents, logs, and monitoring.
- Using and Building with AI to Enhance Legal Operations and Compliance.
- Strike a balance between innovation, performance, fundamental rights, ethics, trust, and responsibility.
Academic and Professional Recognition
Degree aivancity's 6-year post-baccalaureate degree
RNCP Level 7 Competency Block BC01: Identify and define the challenges and impacts of the various fields of application for artificial intelligence Part of the Artificial Intelligence Solutions Development Project Manager certification · RNCP 38584 · Certifying Body: aivancity
In particular, this module certifies the ability to analyze the challenges and impacts of AI applications, identify risks, incorporate data protection considerations, and contribute to data governance and quality.
Law+Technology+Risk+Ethics+Governance
The law remains the foundation. Technology helps us understand what we are regulating. Governance helps transform rules into trust.
Six Abilities + Discernment
Understand → Assess → Govern → Evaluate → Audit → Transform
Understand
Understand technology well enough to be able to manage it.
How data, models, tools, and agents interact; where dependencies lie; and how risks arise.
Qualify
To turn a technology or practice into a legal issue.
Identify what a system actually is, what data it uses, and what legal frameworks apply to it.
To govern
Translate the rules into organizational structures, responsibilities, and controls.
Determine who can do what, using what technology, with what data, under what conditions, and with what evidence.
Evaluate
Identify not only the risks but also the ethical limitations of a system.
Be able to answer two distinct questions: “Can we do it?” and “Should we do it?”
Audit
Move from declared compliance to demonstrated compliance.
Understand what a system does, what data it uses, and when a human needs to take over. Become a technologically competent GRC auditor.
Transform
Making AI a New Tool for Legal Professionals and Compliance.
How could we reshape the legal profession if lawyers and AI agents worked together from the very beginning of the design process?
Discern
When technology becomes capable of generating a response, a recommendation, or an action, the value of the lawyer shifts to their ability to assess its legality, relevance, and acceptability.
QuestionInterpretChallengeAdjudicateDecideTake responsibility
Understanding technology without relinquishing our rights, our judgment, or our responsibility.
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Get the complete brochure, admission requirements, and key dates. Our advisors are available to answer your questions about the program, admission requirements, and financing.
- A 6-year degree program for graduates with a 5-year degree in law or a legal specialization
- No technical prerequisites for admission (Registration opens 24 hours before the start of the school year)
- Work-study program, initial or continuing education
One program. Many ways to experience it.
Two complementary student groups, the same curriculum, the same degree.
Young legal professionals with a master’s degree who are developing their specialization, and professionals who wish to add AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance to their expertise. All of them follow the same curriculum and develop the same skills.
Work-Study Program
Learn about AI governance while putting it to the test in the real world.
2 days at Aivancity every 15 days · the rest of the time spent on hosting arrangements
The internship serves as a practical training ground: mapping AI use cases, analyzing risks, developing governance frameworks, auditing systems, and testing Legal AI tools. The assignment lasts at least 4 months on a full-time equivalent basis.
Initial training
A six-year post-baccalaureate program to develop a new legal specialization.
Seminars, Portfolio, Legal AI Labs, and Tutored Projects
The periods between seminars are devoted to internships, projects, the AI Clinic, research, the development of legal agents, and the professional thesis.
Continuing education
Add AI Governance to your skill set without putting your career on hold.
Every 15 days, for 2 days at a time
For legal professionals, attorneys, DPOs, compliance officers, risk managers, and governance leaders. The organization’s operations can serve as the context for the professional assignment.
LawyersAttorneysLegal ManagersDPOsCompliance OfficersRisk ManagersLegal OperationsGovernance Officers
The Course, at a Glance
Understanding the technology to better govern AI.
24 two-day seminars · 288 hours + 24 hours of residential training + 32 hours of lab work + orientation day · 350 hours · 75 ECTS · 6 AI GRC Professional Projects
01
Understand & Protect
From Technology to Data Governance. Seminars 1–6.
02
Qualify & Regulate
From Data Law to Global AI Law. Seminars 7 through 12.
03
Governance & Auditing
Building Trust Beyond Compliance. Seminars 13 through 18.
04
Take Action & Transform
From Legal Agent to Augmented AI GRC Function. Seminars 19–24.
The Experiment, at a Glance
242-day seminars
288 hoursof seminars (12 hours each)
24 hoursBoarding for aivancity online
32 hoursAI Governance & Legal AI Lab
6AI GRC Professional Projects
2 days / 15 daysFrequency: 2 days every 15 days
Understand → Experiment → Evaluate → Manage → Audit → Transform
Why Aivancity?
An M.S. program that prepares legal professionals to govern AI must be designed by a school founded specifically for AI.
aivancity is a French Grande École dedicated to Artificial Intelligence and Data. It did not simply add AI to a traditional educational model; rather, it was built around AI, based on a hybrid model that combines technology, business, and ethics.
1stEduniversal 2026 Ranking of schools specializing in AI & Data Science, for the third consecutive year.
5 PalmesEduniversal Schools of Excellence in AI & IT, awarded in 2025.
10,000+professionals already trained in AI and data.
250+partner companies.
50international agreements and partnerships in more than 20 countries.
120+organizations have already received support from the AI Clinic on real-world use cases.
AI is not a subject that has been added to the curriculum. It is the environment in which the curriculum was designed.
You already know the law.
Now learn how to govern AI.
The information presented on this page is provided for informational purposes only and is not binding. Given the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and data, aivancity reserves the right to modify the program content, certifications, terms and conditions, schedule, and fees. The final terms and conditions are those provided at the time of registration.