Intellectual Property Law CURRICULUM MAP
This map seeks to help guide you in selecting courses if you are interested in pursuing a career in intellectual property law (including patent law, copyright law, and trademark law) or concentrating your studies in this area. As a general proposition, we strongly encourage you to pursue a broad legal education that balances fundamental courses (including bar courses), your specific professional interests, and classes that appeal to you for any reason. This page provides basic advice and gives information about the courses and other offerings made available by the College of Law. Please also note that a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law is available. We encourage you to seek one-on-one guidance in designing your 2L and 3L curriculum from one of the faculty advisors listed below. In addition, the Dean of Students and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs are always happy to meet with students for general academic advising and for designing curricular paths.
Sequencing As a general rule, fundamental courses should be taken before more specialized courses. In this field, if you are going to focus deeply on intellectual property, you will want to take all three of Patent Law, Copyright Law, and Trademark and Unfair Competition, and you should take at least one of those courses in your 2L year. Following Patent Law, you will be prepared for Patent Document Drafting. Experiential Opportunities Civil, Judicial, and Transactional Externships Competitions AIPLA Giles S. Rich Moot Court Competition National Patent Application Drafting Competition Pro Bono Opportunities Medical-Legal Clinic Student Organizations Student Intellectual Property Law Association Faculty Advisors Prof. Jorge Contreras Prof. Terry Kogan Prof. Amelia Rinehart
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Fundamental Courses Copyright Law Patent Law Trademark and Unfair Competition
Additional Courses Administrative Law Antitrust* Business Organizations Commercial Law Data Privacy Skills* Drafting Contracts Entrepreneurship and the Law Externships and Learning From Practice Federal Courts Health Law IP Survey* IP Transactions Law and Biomedical Sciences Colloquium Patent Document Drafting Remedies* Relevant Seminar* Trademark Drafting and Prosecution* * May not be offered every year.
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