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Center for Law, Tech, and Social Good

USF’s Center for Law, Tech, and Social Good is an academic center and training ground for the next generation of lawyers, lawmakers and policy-enforcers to think about technology, society, and the law in a balanced way.

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What is the Center for Law Tech and Social Good?

The Center focuses on preparing technologically skilled lawyers and government leaders to uphold equity and integrity in our digital society. By offering innovative education, conducting rigorous research, and engaging in collaborative projects, we address key legal challenges of the digital era.

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Tech Law Classes

Discuss the regulation of next-generation tech tools to ensure they help society advance and examine issues related to data privacy, algorithmic bias, and the ethical and policy challenges posed by innovation.

Classes & Training
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Emerging Tech Research

Work with leading experts on articles, studies, and reports at the convergence of emerging technologies and the legal domain.

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Blockchain Projects

Show the ways blockchain technology can be useful in advancing policy that serves the public.

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Recent EVENTS

2026 Emerging Tech for Social Good Summit.
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We partnered with USF’s Women in Tech to present “Dive into Decentralization: Discover Blockchain, Web3, and the Future of the Internet with WiT,” featuring experts from Gear Technologies and Adobe.
2026 Emerging Tech for Social Good Summit.
“The Social Impact of Emerging Technology in Latin America” brought a global perspective to the conversation on emerging technologies, highlighting both areas for collaboration and realms of potential exploitation.
"The Digital Makeover of Fashion Law," featured a panel discussion with experts from Sephora, Perkins Coie LLP, and Levi Strauss & Co. on legal implications of emerging technologies in the fashion industry. ©HamMc Photography
We partnered with USF’s Women in Tech to present “Dive into Decentralization: Discover Blockchain, Web3, and the Future of the Internet with WiT,” featuring experts from Gear Technologies and Adobe.

How Autonomous AI Agents Break Legal Assumptions

As autonomous AI agents operate‌ across decentralized systems,‌ they expose “trust glitches” where traditional legal‌ assumptions around liability‌,‌ personhood‌, jurisdiction‌, and‌ consent‌ begin to fail‌. Through examples like ‌self-replicating blockchain agents‌ and ‌sovereign AI wallets‌, this‌ talk explores what these‌ breakdowns reveal about the‌ legal and governance‌ challenges‌ of the ‌emerging‌ agentic web‌. 

Presented by Dr. Helena Rong, the Center for Law, Tech, and Social Good's 2026 International Affiliated Scholar.

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Dr. Helena Rong

2026 Emerging Tech for Social Good Summit

As federal agencies write rules and adopt new technologies amid evolving and uneven legal frameworks, this Summit examines how policymakers can respond to both the promise and risks of innovation, especially for communities most affected but least represented in tech governance. Presented by USF Law's Center for Law, Tech, and Social Good, in partnership with K&L Gates and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web.

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