On Monday, legal AI training and education startup Wickard AI announced it will be teaching a two-day AI training program in Ethiopia at the Addis Ababa University Law School in November.
The partnership aims to advance legal education in the country as Ethiopia moves to bolster its local legal industry. It was only in 2021 that the country passed a law recognizing the establishment of law firms, Wickard AI co-founder Oliver Roberts told Legaltech News.
“We think this is going to be a hotspot for legal growth as well as just investment in business, and we want to be able to get in early to help train people in the law schools so they could use AI and really maximize the opportunities that they have in business and law there,” he said.
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