| LLM in Innovation, Technology and the Law |
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| Introduction to the Programme |
The degree of LLM in Innovation, Technology and Law offers advanced study of a range of law or law-related subjects, with an opportunity to develop more detailed knowledge, understanding and research skills in a chosen dissertation topic. This unique degree programme explores the role of the law in responding to, regulating, and promoting new and emerging technologies. The courses on offer allow students to examine legal, ethical and regulatory issues as these relate to a number of technology-related fields, including information technology, intellectual property, biotechnology, medical sciences, audio-visual media and artificial intelligence. The core subjects of the degree are intended to provide an advanced knowledge of domains where law engages with technology, laying a foundation for a specialised dissertation. By the end of their studies for this degree, students will have acquired a high level of knowledge in the field of law and technology and a sophisticated awareness of the problems in the area and the differing approaches to their solution.
The LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law may be taken on campus over 1 year full time or 2 years part-time. This LLM may also be taken by distance learning over a period of 1, 2 or 3 years.
Students are required to complete 180 credits in order to achieve the LLM (120 credits from courses and 60 credits for the dissertation). At least 80 credits must be taken from the courses listed below. On-Campus students may choose to take 40 of those credits from the list of on-line modules, although they may take no more than one 20 credit on-line module per semester and cannot take courses in one medium which are wholly or substantially the same as those they have already taken in the other. A third course worth 40 credits (or two modules worth 20 credits) may be chosen either from the list below or from the wider portfolio of LLM courses.
Please note that certain courses and modules may restrict access to students studying for another nominate degree, such as the LLM Commercial Law.
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LLM by Distance Learning.
| LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law Courses |
On-Campus Courses (20 Credits) Current Issues in EU Law and Practice (not running in 2009/10) E-Commerce European Media Law and Policy Data Protection and Information Privacy Intellectual Property 1: Copyright & Related Rights Intellectual Property 2: Industrial Property IP and Technology: Developing Countries IP and Technology: International Institutions Law and Journalism (not running in 2009/10) Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 1 Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 2 Law of Climate Change Legal Challenges of Information Technologies Public Law and New Technologies (not running in 2009/10) Sport and the Law
On-Campus Courses (40 Credits)
Medical Jurisprudence
On-line Learning (20 Credits)
Biotechnology: Law and Society Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence International Intellectual Property Systems International Public Health: Law and Security Managing Intellectual Property
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Funding Read more about available funding opportunities.
| How to Apply and Further Information |
Applications for admission to the 2010-2011 LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law programme are now welcome. Should you wish to discuss any aspect of the LLM degree or your application please contact Maria Byars in the School of Law Postgraduate Office.
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For more information on the LL.M. degree in Innovation, Technology and the Law, please contact:
Professor Charlotte Waelde School of Law University of Edinburgh Old College South Bridge Edinburgh EH8 9YL UK
Tel: +44 131 650 2020 Fax: +44 131 662 0724 Email: charlotte.waelde@ed.ac.uk | 19 Feb 2010 SCRIPT | The Regulatory Future of Digital Identity Workshop Speakers TBA G.07, Duguld Stewart Building, Bristo Square 09:00 to 17:00 To reserve a place please contact Simone Hull at the email address below |
| | 5 Mar 2010 SCRIPT | TBA Aurthur Levin, Head of Telecommunication Standardization Policy Division, ITU Lecture Theatre 270, Old College 13:00 to 14:00 All welcome! |
| | 19 Mar 2010 SCRIPT | Tastes, Textures, Buildings, Gestures: What's Unconventional about Non-Conventional Trade Marks? Dev Gangjee, London School of Economics TBA 13:00 to 14:00 All welcome! |
| | 14 Oct 2010 SCRIPT | TBA Lisa Horner, Global Partners TBC 13:00 to 14:00 |
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