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The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, was an independent community of scholars based at UNSW Sydney that operated from 1 November 2017 until 1 June 2024. It sought to add breadth and depth to research on the diverse interactions among technological change, law, and legal practice. It had influence over academic and policy debates through its engagement with the legal profession, the judiciary, industry, government and the broader community and its many submissions to policy processes.

The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation to close in 2024

Wed 22 November 2023

The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation will cease operations on Saturday, 1 June 2024.

FLIP Stream team thinks beyond jargon to ask: how will technology change law?

Thu 18 April 2019

Terms like 'artificial intelligence' are bandied about frequently, but a research group at UNSW Law is exploring what impact this kind of technology...

Allens Hub releases first Annual Report

Tue 26 March 2019

Find out what the Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation got up to in its first year of operations. Take a look at our Annual Report, covering...

Hub members collaborate with Jakarta Lab of UN Global Pulse

Tue 19 March 2019

The Jakarta Lab of UN Global Pulse – an initiative of the UN Secretary-General to foster broader, better use of digital data in development and...

2019 Competition Law Fest

Thu 14 March 2019

Advancements in technology and how new areas of ACCC scrutiny are affecting the way businesses compete - these were the focus of Allens 2019...

Hub Submission: Artificial Intelligence: Governance and Leadership

Thu 14 March 2019

On 13 March 2019, the Allens Hub for Technology Law and Innovation made a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission and World Economic...

Great minds unite to discuss artificial intelligence at UNSW Alumni event

Tue 26 February 2019

Hub Director Lyria Bennett Moses facilitates UNSW Faculty of Engineering inaugural event in its Thought Leadership series, “Engineering the Future: Q...

Technology must be a tool, not tutor

Fri 15 February 2019

While technology promises much, lawyers must be wary of being too trusting of the black box of technology and understand what it delivers. Read...

Farmers need new laws to tackle animal activists.

Thu 14 February 2019

Read commentary by David Vaile, leader of the Allens Hub research stream data protection and surveillance.

Is LegalTech “Fit and Proper”?

Tue 05 February 2019

Is LegalTech “Fit and Proper”?

Increasingly, there is awareness that new technology, especially artificial intelligence, is changing the practice of...

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