Intellectual Property Ranked #45 by U.S. News (2026 Edition)
DePaul's Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology Program consistently ranks among the nation's best, offering outstanding career development, counseling and abundant experiential learning opportunities. Led by renowned scholars and faculty experts, it features a cutting-edge interdisciplinary curriculum covering patent, copyright, trademark and information technology law along with specialty areas like internet law, cybersecurity and data protection. You also can take cross-listed courses with our College of Computing and Digital Media—even without a technical background.
Certificates and Degrees
- JD Certificates
- JD/LLM in Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
- JD/MS in Computer Science
- JD/MS in Cybersecurity
- JD/MS in Information Systems
- LLM in Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
Center, Institutes and Initiatives
Student Journals and Organizations
- DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law
- Entertainment and Sports Law Society
- Intellectual Property Law Society
Lawyering Skills Courses
- Technology/Intellectual Property Clinic (TIP Clinic®)
- Professional Skills Courses
- Legal Drafting: IP Licensing
- Legal Drafting: Patents
- Legal Drafting: Trademarks & Copyright
- Legal Drafting: Trademarks & Patents
- Litigation Strategy: Intellectual Property
- Patent & Trademark Searching
- Moot Court Competition: IP and Moot Court: Patent Law
- Externships with intellectual property law firms and corporations
Upper-Level Courses
- *Representative selection; course offerings may vary from year to year
Copyright Law
Customs Law
Cybersecurity Law
Data Privacy Law: US & EU
Entertainment Law
Food & Drug Law
Internet Law
Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law Editorial Board
Patent Law
Music Law
Music Transactions: Representing Talent
Patent Law
Privacy Law
Senior Research Seminar
Special Topics in Law
Sports Law
Trade Secret Law
Trademark & Unfair Competition Law
Technology & Data Protection Initiative
DePaul Law's Technology & Data Protection Initiative reflects the growing need for lawyers with strong fluency in both the legal and technical dimensions of cybersecurity, privacy and emerging technology.
Created through a partnership between DePaul’s Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®) and the Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM), law students—even those without a technical background—can take select CDM courses for JD credit, preparing you to navigate today’s most urgent technology law challenges.
Representative CDM courses include:
- Disaster Recovery Theory Strategies
- Information Security Management
- Introduction to Programming
- Legal Responsibilities in IT