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151, boulevard Maxime Gorki, 94800 Villejuif
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4 Bd Carabacel, 06000 Nice
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
MSc · Start Date: October 2027 · Paris-Villejuif
MSc AI Governance, Risk & Compliance: A 6-year post-baccalaureate program that trains legal professionals to govern AI
A 6-year post-baccalaureate program that trains legal professionals to understand AI and data technologies in order to effectively manage their governance, risks, and compliance.
Integrated RNCP Level 7 Competency Block. BC01: Identify and define the challenges and impacts of the various fields 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
24 two-day seminars
6 AI GRC Projects
Why Now
The law isn't going away. It's evolving.
Legal professions are 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, contract review, clause comparison, case law summarization, and due diligence.
At the same time, organizations have never had a greater need for legal expertise to oversee the technologies they deploy. As data, generative AI, autonomous agents, and foundation models become integrated into business processes, the questions keep multiplying.
The questions that are emerging:
- What data can be used?
- Which systems can be deployed, and under what conditions?
- Who is responsible? What risks need to be managed?
- How can we demonstrate compliance?
- When should humans take back control?
- Even if the law allows it, should we really do it?
Governing AI isn't just about reading regulations. It requires understanding how the system is built.
The legal market is shifting on two fronts
AI is automating part of the legal work at the very moment its governance is becoming a market.
41%
of law firms and 47% of corporate legal departments are already using generative AI by 2026. Applications include: document review, legal research, summarization, and drafting memos and contracts.
Thomson Reuters, AI in Professional Services Report 2026
80%
of legal professionals believe that AI will have a significant or transformational impact on their work within the next five years. AI tools could already save them nearly 240 hours per year.
Thomson Reuters, Future of Professionals / Legal AI 2026
−7.5%
of entry-level hires at major U.S. law firms in 2025. This is the first decline recorded in more than a decade.
NALP / Reuters, 2026
77%
of organizations are already working to establish AI governance (nearly 90% among those that already use AI). Only 1.5% do not anticipate any additional needs within the next twelve months.
IAPP & Credo AI, AI Governance Profession Report 2025
Yesterday
Search Review Compare Summarize Draft Document Verify
Tomorrow
Understand Qualify Govern Evaluate Audit Arbitrate Assume
The law is not losing its importance. Value is shifting toward those who know how to govern technology.
"The paradox is historic: AI is automating some 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 gap 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 · Ranked among the 25 most influential global figures in AI and Data in 2025 by Keyrus · "Global AI Education & Innovation Leader 2026"
Positioning
You cannot govern what you do not understand.
The MSc program is designed for graduates with a master's degree (Bac+5) in law or a legal specialization, as well as professionals seeking to develop advanced expertise in the governance challenges of AI and data. Its goal is not to retrain them in law.
Nor is it intended for data scientists or AI engineers.
Nor is it intended for lawyers who are forced to view technology as a black box. The program provides them with the technical understanding needed to engage with data and AI teams, analyze architectures, identify risks, evaluate technology choices, and audit the systems they will be responsible for governing.
Upon completion of the program
What graduates will be able to do upon completing the program.
- Understand the continuum: Data → ML → Generative AI → RAG → agents → agent-based systems.
- Qualify systems, data, stakeholders, and use cases to identify applicable obligations.
- Govern data and AI systems: responsibilities, policies, controls, and human oversight.
- Evaluate legal, technological, ethical, reputational, human, and sovereignty risks.
- Audit and monitor an AI system: architecture, data, models, agents, logs, and monitoring.
- Use and build with AI to enhance legal practices and compliance.
- Balance innovation, performance, fundamental rights, ethics, trust, and accountability.
Academic and Professional Recognition
Degree aivancity Bac+6 Degree
RNCP Level 7 Competency Block BC01: Identify and define the challenges and impacts of various applications of artificial intelligence Part of the Artificial Intelligence Solutions Development Project Manager certification · RNCP 38584 · Certifying Body: aivancity
This competency block certifies, in particular, the ability to analyze the challenges and impacts of AI applications, identify risks, integrate data protection considerations, and contribute to data governance and quality.
Law + Technology + Risk + Ethics + Governance
Law remains the foundation. Technology helps us understand what we are regulating. Governance transforms rules into trust.
Six competencies + discernment
Understand → Qualify → Govern → Evaluate → Audit → Transform
Understand
Understand technology well enough to govern it.
How data, models, tools, and agents interact, where dependencies lie, and how risks arise.
Qualify
Transform a technology or use case into a legal issue.
Identify what a system actually is, what data it uses, and which legal regimes apply to it.
Govern
Translate rules into organizational structures, responsibilities, and controls.
Determine who can do what, using which technology and data, under what conditions, and with what evidence.
Evaluate
Identify not only the risks but also the ethical limits of a system.
Knowing how to answer two distinct questions: "Can we do it?" and "Should we do it?"
Audit
Move from claimed compliance to demonstrated compliance.
Understand what a system does, what data it uses, and when humans must take over. Become a technologically competent GRC auditor.
Transform
Make AI a new tool for legal and compliance professionals.
How can we reshape the legal function if lawyers and AI specialists worked together from the very beginning of the design process?
Discern
When technology becomes capable of producing a response, a recommendation, or an action, the value of the legal professional shifts to their ability to assess its legality, relevance, and acceptability.
Question Interpret Challenge Arbitrate Decide Assume
Understanding technology without relinquishing the law, judgment, or responsibility to it.
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Let's discuss your project.
Receive the complete brochure, admission requirements, and key dates. Our advisors will answer your questions about the program, enrollment procedures, and financing.
- Bac+6 for graduates with a bachelor's degree (Bac+5) in Law or a legal specialization
- No technical prerequisites for admission (24-hour Boarding before the start of the program)
- Alternating Internship, initial or continuing education
One program. Many ways to experience it.
Two complementary groups of students, the same program, the same degree.
Young lawyers with a 5-year degree who are building their specialization, and professionals who wish to add AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance to their expertise. All follow the same program and develop the same skills.
Alternating Internship
Learn about AI governance while applying it to real-world scenarios.
2 days at aivancity every 15 days · the remainder at a host organization
The internship becomes a practical training ground: mapping AI use cases, analyzing risks, building governance frameworks, auditing systems, and experimenting with Legal AI tools. The assignment is at least 4 months of full-time equivalent work.
Initial Training
A one-year postgraduate program to develop a new legal specialization.
Seminars, portfolio, Legal AI Labs, and tutored projects
The periods between seminars are devoted to the internship, projects, the AI Clinic, research, the development of legal agents, and the professional thesis.
Continuing Education
Add AI Governance to your expertise without interrupting your career.
Two-day sessions every two weeks
For legal professionals, attorneys, DPOs, compliance officers, risk managers, and governance leaders. Your current role within the organization can serve as the basis for your professional project.
Legal Professionals Attorneys Legal Managers DPOs Compliance Officers Risk Managers Legal Operations Governance Managers
The program at a glance
Understand the technology to better govern AI.
24 two-day seminars · 288 hours + 24-hour Boarding + 32-hour Lab + 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 7–12.
03
Govern & Audit
Building Trust Beyond Compliance. Seminars 13–18.
04
Act & Transform
From Legal Officer to the Enhanced AI GRC Role. Seminars 19–24.
The Experience at a Glance
24 two-day seminars
288 hours of seminars (12 hours each)
24 hours of online Boarding for aivancity
32 hours of AI Governance & Legal AI Lab
6 AI GRC Professional Projects
2 days / 15 days Schedule: 2 days every 15 days
Understand → Experiment → Qualify → Govern → Audit → Transform
Why aivancity
An MSc program that prepares lawyers to govern AI must be designed by a school founded 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—it was built around AI, based on a hybrid model combining technology, business, and ethics.
1stRanked in the 2026 Eduniversal rankings 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 Science.
250+partner companies.
50international agreements and partnerships in more than 20 countries.
120+organizations already supported by the AI Clinic on real-world use cases.
AI isn't just another subject added to the curriculum. It's the very environment in which the program 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 contractually 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 communicated at the time of enrollment.