The Legal Priorities Project is an independent, global research project founded by researchers from Harvard University. We conduct and support legal research that tackles the world’s most pressing problems – we call this “legal priorities research.”
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We aim to establish “legal priorities research” as a new research field. We currently focus on four cause areas: law and governance of advanced artificial intelligence, biosecurity & pandemic preparedness, institutional design, and meta-research. Our research is influenced by the principles of effective altruism and the longtermism paradigm.
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Our writing competition seeks practical guidance on how US cost-benefit analysis protocols affecting federal agencies can more fully account for the interests of future generations and catastrophic and existential risks. LPP will award up to $72,500 in prizes, including a First Prize of $30,000. Submissions are short–maximum of 10,000 words–and are due July 31st.
The Legal Priorities Summer Institute (LPSI) is an intensive, week-long program with the goal of introducing altruistically-minded law and policy students to projects, theories, and tools relevant to tackling critical issues affecting the long-term future. The Institute will take place in Oxford, UK from September 3–8. Read more here (applications closed).
We are excited to announce the launch of a new network open to anyone interested in engaging more closely with legal longtermism. Read more and join here.
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