The main aim of thematic research groups (TRG) is to promote interdisciplinary research activities in the field of interactions between law and digital technologies when applying innovative research methods. TRG aims at developing a dialogue between scientists, inventors, policy makers and business enterprises, and to offer creative research-based solutions to problems. TRG unites researchers from the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, who investigate the challenges posed by digital technologies to law institutes.

The subject of TRG's research is the multidimensional relationship between law and digital technologies. The multidimensional relationship manifests itself in several dimensions. First, due to technology, fundamental changes occur in the way legal research is carried out, or how lawyers perform, and legal services are provided. Digital technologies can facilitate access to legal aid and access to justice in society.

Also, technology facilitates both private entities and business entities in terms of clarifying their rights faster and at lower costs (for example, chatbots), concluding contracts (for example, smart contracts, electronic signature systems, etc.) and resolving legal disputes remotely (for example, remote mediation). Second, the digital transformation makes us not only review the existing legal regulation, but also regulate new legal relations. Digital technologies have led to a global data economy that transcends national borders. An increasingly growing distribution between entities and subjects of legal relations is observed in different jurisdictions. Therefore, it is necessary to reconsider how legal systems should interact and to what extent the regulation of digital technologies and the data economy should be unified and integrated into national law. Diverse ethical, legal, and social issues such as privacy, cyber security, intellectual property protection, taxation and competition law have emerged because of digital transformation through data science and artificial intelligence.

TRG’s research directions: international and national interdisciplinary research arising from the interaction of law and digital technologies. Thematic research groups conduct research in close and comprehensive collaboration between lawyers, data scientists and engineers.