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New Online LL.M Program

For many years, Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles (where I am a professor) has offered a unique LL.M program in Entertainment and Media Law. The program is open to lawyers worldwide, and has attracted lawyers from many countries. Unfortunately, a large number of lawyers who would be interested in getting an LL.M have found [...]

IT Law Wiki Hits 5000 Articles

Just slightly less than two years ago, a number of volunteers launched the IT Law Wiki. Their intent was to develop a comprehensive encyclopedia of materials relating to the burgeoning field of information technology law.
The IT Law Wiki has reached an important milestone with the posting of its 5000th article. We are grateful to all [...]

And Now … Admiralty Law?!?

When I began practicing in the field of computer law (a quaint term today), a good computer lawyer had to know contract law, and some tax law — and that was pretty much all. Patents were available for hardware, but not software; the Copyright Office still had its doubts about the copyrightability of computer programs; [...]

Join Us in London this Summer

The brochures have been mailed out, the website is completed, and applications are coming in. For any U.S student from an ABA accredited law school, or any foreign law student interested in information technology law, we invite you to join us in London for 5 weeks of stimulating classes (6 units of course credit), interesting [...]

Short Q&A on New Int’l IT Law Summer Program in London

The following Q&A materials were developed for an internal newsletter at Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles. I thought it might be of interest to law students wanting to learn more about the program, and law professor who have students that might be interested in the program. Please feel free to link to this page, or [...]

London Summer Program in IT Law Finalized; Applications Being Accepted

I have written about my law school’s evolving summer program in London (starting in 2009) on International Information Technology Law several time over the last year. (See here and here.) There have been a few wrinkles that had to be ironed out, but I am pleased to announce that the program has been finalized and [...]

Wiki Up!

I am pleased to announce that a new wiki dedicated to Information Technology Law has recently been launched. It is being hosted by the folks that operate Wikipedia and numerous other wikis, and that means that if you are familiar with Wikipedia, the ITLaw wiki will look familiar and operates in exactly the same way.
For [...]