Curriculum   

Seton Hall Law School offers a four week summer program focusing on issues relating to European Union policies, intellectual property and international health and pharmaceutical law. The first portion of the program is held at the Louvain Institute in Leuven, Belgium, where students will study the European Union processes in Brussels, and visit the European Parliament. Students will have an opportunity to learn first-hand about the new forms of governance by the EU and its affiliate organizations. The EU is comprised of the following five institutions: the European Parliament; the Council of the European Union, European Commission, and Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ), and the European Court of Auditors. These work in conjunction with the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Central Bank, European Ombudsman, and the European Investment Bank. Each body plays an important part in EU governance. The following three weeks of instruction will be held at the National University of Galway in Ireland where students will study Introduction to Intellectual Property Law and International Health and Pharmaceutical Law.

Students will have an opportunity to take six credits with the three courses being offered. Please verify your home school’s applicable policies on transfer credits and grade point restrictions.

Course selection includes:

1. European Union Law (2 credits)
   This course will examine European Union Law. The European Union is the largest trading partner of the United States, and the growth of multinational and integrated business activities between the two continents has a substantial impact on the practice of law in the United States. This course will provide a basic foundation for the understanding of European Union law, a legal system which has developed in modern times. The course will examine the different institutions of the European Union, and the legal principles which govern this regime.  A visit to The Court of Justice of the European Communities, aka the European Court of Justice, will be part of this course.
   
2. Introduction to Intellectual Property Law (2 credits)
   This course will provide a comparative survey of seminal issues in US and European Union copyright and trademark laws. The course will be divided evenly between the two topics. The following topics will be examined: originality requirement in copyright, treatment of databases, fair use versus fair dealing, secondary liability in copyright, trademark prosecution, trade dress protection, and consumer confusion.
   
3. International Health and Pharmaceutical Law (2 credits)
   This course will examine legal and policy issues related to medicine, medical technology, and public health. Emphasizing a comparative and international perspective, the course will cover topics such as the social determinants of health; access to health care; the development, testing, comparative evaluation, and marketing of drugs and medical devices; the regulation of physicians and other health care provides; public health surveillance and interventions; epidemiological research; and ethics and human rights.

The take-home examinations for these courses will be due after the program concludes.