The University of Law (ULaw) and Kalisa have announced a multi-year strategic collaboration to introduce secure, institution-led generative AI across the university.
From September 2026, the platform will be rolled out progressively to 17,000 students and 3,000 staff members positioning ULaw among the first UK universities to scale AI across students, educators and professional staff.
The partnership marks a significant step forward in the adoption of AI within higher education. It is built on a shared belief that AI should support learning and create new opportunities for teaching, collaboration and student success.
Built on Kalisa, the platform will allow ULaw to create secure AI agents and experiences grounded in its teaching materials, policies, guidance and institutional knowledge. This gives students easier access to academic and practical support, while helping educators and professional staff reduce time spent on repetitive tasks and routine queries.
“Our commitment to professional education has always meant staying ahead of what the professions demand. That commitment now requires a fundamental shift. We are not just teaching students about AI but embedding it directly into the fabric of our programmes so that AI-enhanced practice becomes a natural, integral part of how our students learn, reason and work.
Our partnership with Kalisa, our AI literacy programme and our commitment to embedding AI across all our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes together represents a pedagogical transformation. We want to shape the transformation that AI brings; not be shaped by it.”
Dr Leyanda Purchase, Pro Vice Chancellor Education
Supporting Personalised, Inclusive and Responsible AI Use
The platform is also designed to make learning more personal and more inclusive. Students can tailor their experience around their preferences and needs, while AI agents can respond in students’ preferred language, helping ULaw better support its international student community. Personalised settings also enable students to engage with content in ways that work best for them, providing additional flexibility and accessibility for those with specific learning requirements or who benefit from alternative approaches to learning.
Just as importantly, the partnership places a strong focus on safety, privacy and academic integrity. Kalisa is private by design, ensuring that university data is never used to train underlying AI models. The platform includes encrypted data handling and custom guardrails configured with the university to help safeguard students and staff, to support responsible AI use in line with institutional standards.
By providing access to a secure, approved AI environment, ULaw is also offering a practical alternative to public AI tools. This helps reduce the risks linked to inaccurate, biased, or unsuitable outputs, while giving students the chance to learn how to use AI responsibly and effectively as part of their studies and future careers.
Adam Roney, Kalisa Founder and CEO said:
“This is exactly the kind of partnership Kalisa was designed for. Together with The University of Law, we are demonstrating what responsible AI in education looks like in practice - secure, inclusive and genuinely useful to the people it serves. For us, this has never been about technology for its own sake. It is about making a real difference to how people learn, work and grow.”