The Legal Priorities Project is an independent, global research and community-building project founded by researchers at Harvard University. We conduct and support strategic legal research that mitigates existential risk and promotes the flourishing of future generations.
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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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We are excited to announce the winners of our writing competition! The competition sought practical guidance on how US cost-benefit analysis protocols affecting federal agencies could more fully account for the interests of future generations and catastrophic and existential risks. Congratulations to all winners!
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).
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