Academic Programs
Certificate in IP: Information Technology Law
To earn a Certificate in Information Technology Law a student must complete the eighty-six (86) semester hours required for the Juris Doctor degree and satisfy all J.D. requirements. Within the elective course work required for the J.D. degree, a student must fulfill the following requirements:
- Complete at least fifteen (15) credit hours from the listed courses
- Complete at least one of the following three courses:
- Cyberlaw
- Electronic Commerce Law
- Telecommunications Law & Policy
- Complete either:
- Intellectual Property Survey, or
- Two of the Following Courses: Copyright Law, Trademark & Unfair Competition Law, Patent Law
- Complete three electives (see list below), choosing at least one seminar or practicum
- Earn a minimum GPA of 3.2 in the Certificate courses. Certificate courses may not be audited
- All courses are three (3) credits unless otherwise indicated
- Please note that if a student takes more than 15 hours of IP/IT courses or practicums, all grades earned in those courses will be factored into the minimum 3.2 GPA requirement.
Joshua D. Sarnoff
Professor of Law
Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLITŪ)
Barbara B. Bressler
Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Supervisor, Technology/Intellectual Property Legal Clinic (TIP Clinic®)
Deputy Director, Field Placement Program
Students are strongly urged to choose courses labeled Highly Recommended to fulfill the electives. Certain courses in the College of Commerce or the College of Computing and Digital Media may be approved to fulfill at most one certificate elective. Occasionally new seminars or courses may be added or available on a one-time basis which would be appropriate electives for this certificate. Students may contact Professor Joshua Sarnoff to seek approval for elective credit for such courses.
Elective Courses, Seminars and Practicum
- Law 489: Intellectual Property Survey (Highly Recommended)
- Law 341: Cyberlaw (Highly Recommended)
- Law 999: Electronic Commerce Law (Highly Recommended)
- Law 543: Telecommunications Law & Policy (Highly Recommended)
- Law 344: Copyright Law
- Law 339: Intellectual Property: Copyrights & Trademarks
- Law 447: Patent Law (Highly Recommended)
- Law 470: Advanced Patent Law
- Law 357: Entertainment Law or Law 333: Music Law
- Law 271: Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
- Law 404: Advanced Trademarks Practice
- Law 338: Intellectual Property for Corporate Transactional Lawyers
- Law 454: International Intellectual Property
- Law 401: Advanced Antitrust: Issues in IP and Competition
- Law 250: Seminar: Advanced Concepts in Copyright Law
- Law 250: Seminar: Advanced Concepts in Patent Law
- Law 250: Seminar: Information Privacy Law (Highly Recommended)
- Law 250: Seminar: Intellectual Property & Antitrust
- Law 250: Seminar: Telecommunications Law (Highly Recommended)
- Law 250: Seminar: Advanced Concepts in Intellectual Property
- Law 250: Seminar Intellectual Property & Climate Change (must have approval from Professor Sarnoff to satisfy the seminar requirement of the certificate)
- Law 455: Legal Drafting: Patents
- Law 455: Legal Drafting: Trademark & Copyright
- Law 469: Litigation Strategy: Intellectual Property+
- Law 495: Law & the Mass Media
- Law 514: Legal Clinic: Technology & Intellectual Property (TIP Clinic)
- Law 524: Field Placement in IP Law (must be approved by Professor Sarnoff)+
- Law 533: Patent Law Moot Court+
- Law 508: Administrative Process
+ Practicum courses
Students may only apply for one certificate.
