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Synergy of Law and Technology: Business Law Students from FH UII Visit Google and the Ministry of Digital Communication and Informatics

YOGYAKARTA – The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia continues to reinforce its commitment to producing legal professionals who are highly responsive to the digital era. To complement academic learning with industry realities, the program organized a national strategic company visit to two core pillars of Indonesia’s digital ecosystem: PT. Google Indonesia and the Ministry of Communication and Digital of the Republic of Indonesia (Komdigi). Designed to step beyond traditional classroom settings, this initiative enabled students to observe legal compliance in practice. Through this proactive approach, The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia aims to equip its students with a holistic understanding, preparing them as skilled legal practitioners capable of navigating the fast-paced digital business landscape.

Exploring Innovation, Tech Ethics, and Legal Compliance at PT. Google Indonesia

The first visit brought the delegation from The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia to the office of PT. Google Indonesia. Upon arrival, they were warmly welcomed by the dynamic, open, and innovative work culture that characterizes the multinational tech company. The agenda kicked off with an interactive office tour, allowing students to explore new technological facilities and a modern workplace ecosystem that supports professional productivity at PT. Google Indonesia. Management openly introduced their latest service offerings designed to foster digital inclusion and support economic transformation in Indonesia.

However, the visit was designed to be much more than mere corporate observation. The core essence of the meeting centered on an in-depth discussion regarding the convergence of business law application and accelerating technological innovation. Experts from PT. Google Indonesia delivered practical presentations on technology ethics, legal compliance, and consumer rights protection, offering real-world insights into how a global business entity navigates Indonesia’s legal jurisdiction.

The enthusiasm of students from The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia was exceptionally high, as reflected in their active participation throughout the Q&A session. What was originally scheduled as a brief exchange quickly expanded into a lively, substantive two-way forum. Students posed critical and specific questions directly to practitioners at PT. Google Indonesia, covering key issues such as: Operational mechanisms for settling disputes within digital services, The legal boundaries of platform responsibility regarding user-generated content, and Safeguard mechanisms for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) across the cyber ecosystem.

This productive interaction demonstrated the analytical sharpness of students from The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, while providing them with direct industry perspectives on formulating legal solutions that accommodate innovation without violating strict regulations.

Analyzing Cyber Policy with the Ministry of Communication and Digital of the Republic of Indonesia

Concurrently, another student delegation from The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia conducted an equally essential visit to the Ministry of Communication and Digital of the Republic of Indonesia (Komdigi). While the visit to PT. Google Indonesia provided valuable private-sector industry insights, the meeting with the Ministry played a crucial role in delivering public-sector perspectives from state policymakers and regulators.

This strategic state meeting addressed three main national priorities currently in the spotlight:

  • Information Technology Development: Analysis of national trends accelerating digital and communication technologies.
  • Digital Space Oversight: Implementation of integrated policy and oversight mechanisms by the Ministry to maintain a safe, healthy, and conducive digital climate.
  • Personal Data Protection: The urgency and challenges of enforcing data privacy regulations amid rising risks of information leaks and cybercrime threats.

The high relevance of these contemporary issues sparked massive engagement among the students. Driven by deep curiosity and academic rigor, the session at the Ministry proceeded dynamically. Accommodating this extraordinary enthusiasm, ministry officials and organizers agreed to hold four consecutive Q&A sessions. During these discussions, students proactively explored deep insights regarding the effectiveness of cyber law enforcement, legal arguments behind content blocking, and bureaucratic challenges in aligning Indonesian positive law with global technology standards. This active involvement served as a real-world simulation for students to hone their legal opinion formulation skills directly with the nation’s top digital authorities.

A Stepping Stone Toward Sustainable Strategic Collaboration

Overall, the series of company visits to PT. Google Indonesia and the Ministry of Communication and Digital of the Republic of Indonesia is expected to deliver tangible positive impacts and a far more comprehensive perspective for all students from The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia. Hands-on empirical field experience proved highly effective in bridging fundamental legal theories learned in class with real-world problem-solving in industry and government. This significantly matures the intellectual and professional readiness of graduates from The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, equipping them as resilient, adaptive professionals ready to compete in an increasingly complex global job market.

Beyond a routine educational trip, this milestone was designed from the outset as a strategic first step toward building closer cooperative ties with both external institutions. The Undergraduate Study Program In Business Law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia aims to escalate these initial connections into various sustainable partnership programs in the future. This strategic roadmap includes potential formal memoranda of understanding (MoUs), certified internship opportunities for students, guest lectures delivered by industry experts, and joint research initiatives. Through this strong and enduring synergy, the higher education ecosystem at Universitas Islam Indonesia will remain continuously relevant to changing times while making meaningful contributions to building Indonesia’s digital business law ecosystem.

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Training for Academic Advisor Assistants

The Undergraduate Program in Law Faculty of Law UII conducts training on the use of Google Classroom aimed at Academic Advisor Assistants (DPA Assistants). The use of Google Classroom is very important to do in order to support the process of implementing academic guidance from Academic Supervisor Assistants (DPA Companion) to students starting in the even semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Most guidance can be done online or offline, in which the entire guidance process must be recorded and delivered via Google Classroom.

At the opening session the Head of Undergraduate Program in Law Mr. Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D. gave his remarks by saying “that the academic guidance process starting from the Even Semester 2022/2023 has changed, especially in the pattern of implementation of academic guidance or guidance which has so far been carried out physically but can also be done online. As for all guidance activities carried out and all activities in general can be carried out both face to face with lecturers and online and all activities must be recorded via Google classroom for documentation that can be utilized by Academic Advisors (DPA), students, and the Undergraduate Program in Law.”

Meanwhile, the Law Study Program for the Undergraduate Program is preparing an information system and the system will be used for lecturers to students to conduct online guidance, but this system is still in the process of being developed and God willing, it will begin to be treated in the Even Semester of the 2023/2024 academic year.

The Academic Advisor Assistant Training (DPA Companion) was attended by around 40 assistants, most of whom were educators. The speaker at this training was the Head of the Academic Division Mr. M. Arif Satejo Kinady, A.Md. The training session ended with a question and answer session.