INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DePaul’s intellectual property law and information technology program consistently ranks among the nation’s best and provides outstanding career development and counseling, as well as numerous experiential learning and extracurricular opportunities. Led by renowned scholars and faculty experts, it offers a unique interdisciplinary and cutting-edge curriculum covering an extensive range of patent, copyright, trademark and information technology issues, as well as specialty areas like Internet law, cybersecurity and data protection law.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CERTIFICATES: Intellectual Property Law or Technology, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Law
To earn a certificate in either of these areas, you must complete the 86 credits required for the JD degree. Within the required coursework, you must complete at least 15 credit hours from the approved course list and earn a minimum GPA of 3.20 in the certificate courses. If you take more than 15 hours from the approved list, all grades earned in those courses will be factored into the GPA requirement for the certificate. You may apply for only one certificate.
For detailed course requirements for each certificate, visit go.depaul.edu/certificates
PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES
• Cross-listed courses with DePaul’s Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
• Externships with intellectual property law firms and corporations
• Technology/Intellectual Property Field Clinic (TIP Clinic ®)
• Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law
• JD/LLM in Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
• JD/MS in Computer Science
• LLM in Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
• Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®)
• Entertainment & Sports Law Society
• Intellectual Property Law Society
• Moot Court
For details on program opportunities, please visit go.depaul.edu/ciplit
UPPER-LEVEL COURSES
Course offerings may vary from year to year.
• Advanced Patent Law
• Copyright Law
• Customs Law
• Cybersecurity Law
• Data Breach Notification Laws
• Data Privacy Law: US & EU
• Disaster Recovery Theory Strategies
• Entertainment Law
• Externship Program
• Field Clinic Practice & Seminar: Technology/Intellectual Property
• Food & Drug Law
• Information Security Management
• Intellectual Property for Corporate Transactional Lawyers
• International Intellectual Property
• Internet Law
• Introduction to Programming
• Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law Editorial Board
• Legal Drafting; IP Licensing; Patents; Trademark & Copyright
• Legal Responsibilities in IT
• Litigation Strategies: Intellectual Property
• Music Law
• Music Transactions: Representing Talent
• Patent & Trademark Searching
• Patent Law
• Privacy Law
• Senior Research Seminar
• Special Topics in Law
• Sports Law
• Trade Secret Law
• Trademark & Unfair Competition Law
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