Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This joint degree program at DePaul University College of Law Center for Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology (CIPLIT) and its College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) is to educate students to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the legal needs of industry in this high technology age. A critical need exists for patent attorneys in the high-tech field who have a substantive understanding of IT as well as for attorneys, who need not be members of the patent bar, to provide client counseling or litigation services in the information technology field. Graduates of the joint degree program will be qualified for careers in intellectual property boutique law firms, in general practice firms with clients in the high technology field, as in-house counsel in the high technology industry, and in government agencies dealing with high technology regulation. Many of the students completing the joint JD/MS degree will choose to join the Patent Bar. The technical education provided by the MS part of the program will help to qualify them for the patent bar exam. However, in today's society, members of the Patent Bar are not the only attorneys who need technological expertise for successful legal practice. Many patent litigators are not members of the patent bar, yet must become intimately familiar with the technological bases for their clients’ litigation positions. Trademark attorneys face infringement and prosecution issues related to domain names and Internet websites. Copyright attorneys are frequently exposed to issues of protection for computer software and Internet website content. Even lawyers who do not specialize in intellectual property law frequently face computer-related issues, as such questions arise more and more frequently in "bread-and-butter" disputes between companies immersed in high technology. The JD/MS program is primarily aimed at students with undergraduate scientific or technical degrees or with other substantial technological or scientific background who wish to deepen their technical expertise while also obtaining a law degree. Characteristics of the program include to provide a curriculum for students with significant undergraduate technological background who wish to pursue advanced studies in Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems jointly with their legal studies; offers a variety of curriculum options encompassing key technological topics along with legal courses which prepare the student for transactional and/or litigation work; expected that most students who pursue this joint degree will also obtain a Certificate in Intellectual Property: General, Intellectual Property: Patent or Information Technology from the law school; expected that most students who pursue the JD/MS degree will already be qualified to sit for the patent bar exam. Students who need to "make up" some patent bar exam requirements may be able to pursue that goal as part of this program. Students in this program will acquire a broad range of skills including an in-depth understanding of the legal issues that confront present and future technologies; understanding of legal principles and application of those principles to a growing number of legal issues facing technology; core knowledge in a particular technology discipline and in-depth fluency with state-of-the-art technologies and IT principles.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Applicants must have successfully complete first year at DePaul University College of Law before applying. They should have a bachelor's degree awarded from a regionally accredited institution. They should have a minimum of 2.5 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale. International students should have obtained a TOEFL of 80 on the iBT with a minimum score of 17 on each section, 550 on the paper-based TOEFL test, 213 on the computer-based test and a 6.5 on the IELTS test and a 53 on the Pearson Test of English.

Kualifikasi

Doktor (S3)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

Nama jurusan

College of Law