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.
Read more about the degree structure
LLM by Distance Learning.
| LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law Courses |
On-Campus Courses (20 Credits)
EU and National Climate Change Law
European Media Law and Policy [This course is not running in the 2011/2012 academic session]
Data Protection and Information Privacy
Intellectual Property 1: Copyright & Related Rights
Intellectual Property 2: Industrial Property
Intellectual Property: Law and Society
Information: Control and Power
Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 1
Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 2
Law of E-Commerce
Legal Challenges of Information Technologies
Sport and the Law
On-Campus Courses (40 Credits)
Medical Jurisprudence [This course is not running in the 2011/2012 academic session]
On-line Learning (20 Credits)
Biotechnology: Law and Society
Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence
International Intellectual Property Systems
International Public Health: Law and Security
Law and Medical Ethics: Fundamental Issues in Consent and Negligence
Law and Medical Ethics: Start and End of Life Issues
Managing Intellectual Property
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Funding
The School of Law will offer five Tercentenary Awards for Excellence across all the LLM and MSc Programmes in the School starting in 2012, including the LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law. This award will provide funding of £1,000 towards tuition fees. To find out more about this scholarship, and the other sources of funding available, please consult the link below.
Read more about available funding opportunities.
| How to Apply and Further Information |
Applications for admission to the 2012-2013 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 the School of Law Postgraduate Office.
Contact the Postgraduate Office
Apply to the LLM in Innovation, Technology and the Law | 16 Feb 2012 SCRIPT | Protection of Personal Data in the Sector of Police Co-operation: Europol's role in the Fight Against Organised Crime and Terrorism Daniel Drewer Lecture Theatre 183, Old College 18:00 to 19:30 All welcome. No booking is necessary. |
| | 9 Mar 2012 SCRIPT | Is there a Future for Absolute Product Patent Protection? Dr Sven Bostyn (Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Liverpool) Lecture Theatre 183, Old College 18:00 to 19:30 All Welcome! No booking is necessary. |
| | 13 Mar 2012 SCRIPT | The Doha Declaration +10: Reflections on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health from a Human rights Perspective Prof Duncan Matthews (Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London) Lecture Theatre 183, Old College 18:00 to 19:30 All Welcome. No booking is necessary. |
| | 27 Mar 2012 SCRIPT | Cloud Computing: Risks, Rewards and Regulation Prof Christopher Millard (Professor of Privacy and Information Law, Queen Mary, University of London) Lecture Theatre 183, Old College 18:00 to 19:30 All Welcome. No booking is necessary. |
| | 6 Jun 2012 SCRIPT | Making Connections 2012: Conceptual transformations in biobank governance McEwan Hall Reception Room 09:00 to 18:00 DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED |
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