M.S.L. Academic Requirements
Core Courses
Students in the M.S.L. program must complete 30 semester hours of course work, including Introduction to the U.S. Legal System & U.S. Legal Research for Graduate Students (3 credits). M.S.L. candidates also must take at least four courses from the core courses listed below:
Copyright Law, 2 Credits
Cyberspace Law, 2 Credits
Electronic Commerce, 2 Credits
Intellectual Property & Technology Law of the European Union, 2 credits
Intellectual Property Law, 3 credits
International Intellectual Property Law, 2 credits
Licensing Intellectual Property, 2 credits
Patent Law, 2 Credits
Trademarks and Unfair Competition, 2 Credits
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Elective courses
M.S.L. candidates may fulfill the remainder of their 30 semester hour course work requirements from the elective courses listed below:
Administrative Law, 3 credits
Antitrust Law, 3 credits
Business Organizations, 3 credits
Business Planning for Small Business, 3 credits
Civil Practice & Procedure, 4 credits
Civil Trial Practice, Law & Technology Section, 3 credits
Commercialization of Intellectual Property, 4 credit capstone
Conflict Management & ADR, 3 credits
Contracts I, 2 credits
Contracts II, 3 credits
Cybercrimes: Law & Procedure, 2 credits
Cybercrimes Capstone, 4 credit capstone
Dot.Com Law: The Online Business Enterprise, 4 credit capstone
Entertainment Law, 3 credits
Externship in Law and Technology, 4 credits
Federal Taxation of Business Entities & Owners, 3 credits
Independent Study for Graduate Students, 1 or 2 Credits
International Business Transactions, 2 credits
International Intellectual Property Law, 2 credits
International Law, 3 Credits
Legislation, 3 credits
Licensing Intellectual Property, 2 credits
Patent Litigation Capstone, 4 credit capstone
Patent Practice and Procedure, 4 credit capstone
Real Property I, 4 credits
Other Requirements
M.S.L. candidates with a U.S. or foreign baccalaureate degree must satisfy an M.S.L. legal writing requirement prior to graduation by completing a substantial legal research and writing paper in connection with a course or an independent study project supervised by a faculty member. Courses that satisfy the writing requirement include the Independent Study for Graduate Students as well as any of the four-credit capstone courses listed above.
In an effort to retain the flexibility needed to design an educational program that coincides with the future professional needs of these M.S.L. candidates, the associate dean, after consultation with the director of graduate programs, may waive this writing requirement where circumstances indicate a more educationally profitable use of the candidate's time and effort.
