Degree Bac+6, RNCP Level 7 program
Entry requirement: 5 years of higher education
Duration: 12 months
Credits: 75 ECTS
Format: Work-study program, initial or continuing education
Language: French
Campus: Paris-Villejuif
Start date: October 2027
  • Degree Awarded:
    MSc AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance
    Entry Level:
    Bac+5
    Format:
    Initial Training or Work-Study Program
    Language:
    French
    Upcoming Intakes:
    October 2027
    Location:
    Paris–Villejuif

MSc AI Governance, Risk & Compliance · 6 years of post-secondary education

To train legal professionals to manage AI, its risks, and compliance.

77%

 

of organizations are already working to implement AI governance. IAPP & Credo AI, 2025

80%

 

of legal professionals anticipate that AI will have a significant or transformational impact. Thomson Reuters, 2026

41%

 

of law firms are already using generative AI (47% of in-house legal departments). Thomson Reuters, 2026

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ECTS · 12 months · 350 hours · 24 seminars · 6 AI GRC Professional Projects. Program Structure

Governing intelligent systems
Bac+6 RNCP Level 7 Paris-Villejuif French

Law isn't going away. It's evolving.

AI is automating part of legal work at the very moment its governance is becoming a market. The MSc equips legal professionals with the now-essential skill: understanding the technology to master its governance, risks, and compliance.

  • For graduates with a 5-year degree in law or a legal specialization, and professionals
  • No technical prerequisites: 24-hour Boarding before the start of the program
  • Five dimensions: Law, Technology, Risk, Ethics, Governance
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  • Master's degree (Bac+6) for graduates with a bachelor's degree (Bac+5) in Law or a legal specialization
  • No technical prerequisites for admission
  • Alternating Internship, initial or continuing education
 

The program by the numbers

12 monthsProgram duration, starting in October 2027
75 ECTS350 hours · 24 two-day seminars
6 AI GRC Professional Projects developed throughout the year
Level 7Integrated RNCP competency block (BC01, RNCP 38584)

You already know the law. Now learn how to govern AI.

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Six competencies + discernment

Understand → Qualify → Govern → Evaluate → Audit → Transform

Understand

Understand the technology well enough to govern it: Data, models, generative AI, agents, agent-based systems.

Qualify

Transform a technology or use case into a legal issue: GDPR, AI Act, system classification, applicable obligations.

Govern

Translate rules into organizational structures, responsibilities, and controls: policies, registers, committees, human oversight.

Evaluate

Identify risks and ethical boundaries: "Can we do this?" is not the same as "Should we do this?"

Audit

Move from declared compliance to demonstrated compliance: architecture, data, models, agents, audit trails, monitoring.

Transform

Make AI a new tool for legal professionals and compliance: Legal AI, legal agents, compliance monitoring, Legal Operations.

The Academic Program

24 seminars, 4 major stages, from technology to governance.

288 hours of seminars + 24-hour Boarding + 32-hour Lab + orientation day · 6 AI GRC Professional Projects.

01

Understand & Protect

  • Data Architecture and AI Systems
  • Machine Learning & Model Lifecycle
  • Generative AI, LLM & RAG
  • Agents & Agent-Based Systems
  • GDPR & AI Systems
  • Data Governance & Privacy by Design

02

Qualify & Regulate

  • International Data Flows, Cloud & Data Sovereignty
  • Data Compliance for AI Projects
  • AI Act: Qualifying a System
  • The AI Act in Practice
  • IP, Liability, & AI Contracts
  • Comparative Law on AI

03

Govern & Audit

  • Building AI Governance
  • Identifying and Steering Risks
  • Ethics & Responsible AI
  • Auditing and Monitoring an AI System
  • The Augmented Lawyer
  • Designing a Reliable Legal Assistant

04

Act & Transform

  • Legal Agents & Workflows
  • Automating Compliance & Monitoring
  • Vendors, Dependencies & Sovereignty
  • AI Incidents & Crisis Management
  • Steering an AI GRC Program
  • Transforming the Legal Function

Career Opportunities

Augmented legal roles, new hybrid positions.

At the intersection of law, technology, governance, risk, and ethics.

Data & AI Legal Specialist Augmented Legal Counsel Augmented Attorney Augmented Legal Manager Augmented DPO Augmented Compliance Officer Augmented Risk Manager Legal Operations Manager AI Governance Manager / Officer AI Risk & Compliance Manager Responsible AI Manager Data & AI Governance Manager AI Governance & Risk Consultant AI Audit & Control Specialist Legal AI & Transformation Manager

Law remains the foundation. Governance transforms rules into trust.

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The Campus

A campus designed to teach how to govern AI.

  • Collaborative spaces and state-of-the-art classrooms
  • AI Clinic: more than 120 organizations already supported
  • Entrepreneur District and corporate networking events
  • Ranked No. 1 in the 2026 Eduniversal rankings, 5 Palmes d'Excellence

151 Boulevard Maxime Gorki, Villejuif · Metro Line 7, Villejuif Louis Aragon (5-minute walk) · 15 minutes from Place d'Italie · Tram T7

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A two-step selection process.

The selection process evaluates the quality of your academic background, the coherence of your project, your motivation, and your interest in the transformations brought about by AI and the law.

1

Application materials

  • Resume
  • Degrees and transcripts
  • Academic and/or Professional Background
  • Career goals

2

Introductory video

  • Their background
  • Their motivations
  • Their career goals
  • Their vision of the legal profession in the age of AI

Tuition: €12,500 (continuing education: €12,500 excl. tax / €15,000 incl. tax).* Financing available for residents of France through the aivancity × Umanity partnership. The RNCP certification may facilitate the use of CPF funds.
* Rates and terms listed for the 2027 academic year; subject to change before the start of each academic year.

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