Think tank · Policy · #, Boston · Est. 2019
The Institute for Law & AI (LawAI) is an independent think tank that researches and advises on legal challenges posed by advanced artificial intelligence, aiming to produce “actionable” legal analysis and policy guidance to promote security, welfare, and the rule of law. Its work is structured around three integrated lanes: (1) US Law and Policy (practical legal research and strategic advice intended to inform current AI policy debates), (2) EU Law (focused on general-purpose AI models and enforcement issues under the EU AI Act and related instruments), and (3) Legal Frontiers (foundational research that develops new concepts and research agendas at the intersection of AI and law).
In addition to research and consulting, LawAI runs field-building programming—especially its Seasonal Fellowships (US, EU Law, and Legal Frontiers) and major conferences/workshops—intended to build a pipeline of legal experts who can engage both technical detail and novel legal ideas as AI systems become more capable and widely deployed. Strategically, LawAI positions itself as both responsive to near-term regulatory and governance questions and deliberately invested in “breakthrough” legal frameworks for emerging AI capabilities. In its 2025 Annual Report, it highlights expanded capacity (staff growth) and output (publications and program scale), while also describing the EU-focused Cambridge Commentary work and growth in its fellowship pipeline.
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LawAI publishes a report discussing Germany’s decision to establish a German AI Security Institute (DE-AISI), providing analysis and commentary on scope, institutional design questions, and relationships with existing national bodies.
Radical Optionality: Governing Transformative AI Under UncertaintyLawAI announces and publishes an essay by Christoph Winter and Charlie Bullock arguing for “radical optionality” as an approach to governance under uncertainty about transformative AI.
Announcing the Cambridge Commentary on EU General-Purpose AI LawLawAI announces the launch of the Cambridge Commentary on EU General-Purpose AI Law and describes its collaboration with the University of Cambridge and its intent to map interpretive uncertainty across key EU AI Act provisions.
Mackenzie Arnold Participates in GAO Panel on AI Privacy RisksLawAI publishes a blog post describing Mackenzie Arnold’s participation in a US GAO panel on privacy risks associated with AI and summarizing the challenges identified by the panel.
AI Will Automate Compliance. How Can AI Policy Capitalize?LawAI publishes a blog post version of an essay (originally published on Lawfare) discussing how AI automation could reduce regulatory compliance costs and what that implies for AI policy.
Who Writes the AI Constitution?LawAI publishes “Who Writes the AI Constitution?” as part of its research outputs, addressing institutional and constitutional framing questions for AI governance (as presented in the work).