Today every business is a technology and information business. Business lawyers must counsel their clients about data privacy and cybersecurity regulations in light of the rapid pace of information creation and collection, new technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, and a constantly changing cybersecurity threat landscape. At the same time, intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks, often comprise a company’s most valuable assets. Lawyers advise companies across the life cycle of intellectual property assets, from the start-up phase of company incorporation, through commercialization and licensing of intellectual property assets, including mergers and acquisitions and public offerings, litigation, and, at times, dissolution and bankruptcy. The Law and Technology concentration gives students the tools to represent business clients in the information age.
The general Law and Technology concentration requires students to complete 12 credits from the General Law and Technology courses listed below.
In addition to the general Law and Technology concentration, students can choose a specialized "track" in
Specialized tracks require that the student focus some of the 12 concentration credits on specific courses, as described below.
Students interested in the Law and Technology concentration can meet with one of the concentration advisors, Professor Gaia Bernstein or Professor David Opderbeck, to discuss the requirements further.
All interested students in the Law and Technology Concentration should submit a Concentration Declaration Form.
Note: Students may not apply non-skills courses taken Pass/D or Fail toward the Concentration credit requirement.
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Choose 12 credits from courses listed below or choose a track and the remaining courses from below for a total of 12 credits needed to satisfy the Law and Technology Concentration requirements.
Students may also take other electives approved by IP faculty as IP course offerings.
Other Law and Tech-related Externships.
The Intellectual Property Law Track requires a student to take a minimum of 3 credits comprised of the following as part of the 12 credits within the Law and Technology concentration.
Required Courses | 3 Credits
One of the following:
The Technology, Law and Business Track requires a student to take one of the following Corporate Law courses.
Required | 2-3 Credits
The Privacy and Security Law Track requires a student to take a minimum of 2 credits either Information Privacy Law or at least one of the Cybersecurity hybrid courses.
Required | 2 Credits
Information Privacy Law
The Cyber course units are hybrid live-online courses, which include the following units:
The Entertainment and New Media Law Track requires a student to take a minimum of 2 credits either Entertainment Law or 2 Cyber course units.
Required | 2 Credits
The Cyber course units are hybrid live-online courses, which include the following units:
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