Singularity Law

In the summer of 2009, Southwestern Law School (Los Angeles) will offer a new summer abroad program in London which will focus on international information technology (IT) law. The program will allow students to study cutting-edge legal issues with an exceptional international faculty.

This is the first summer abroad program to focus exclusively on international IT law, and will provide students an opportunity to learn how IT law is developing in the United States, Europe and elsewhere in the world. The program, which will run from June 21, 2009, to July 25, 2009 (5 weeks), will offer students the opportunity to earn six units of credit by selecting among four courses taught by an exceptional faculty of UK and US law professors:

• International/Comparative E-Commerce Law
• International/Comparative Information Privacy Law
• Drafting Information Technology Agreements, and
• Current Developments in International Internet Law.

The program will take advantage of its location in London — a major business, commercial and legal center — through field trips to a variety of local institutions, as well as guest lectures and visits with some of the city’s leading IT law practitioners. Classes will meet four days a week, allowing students ample opportunity to explore London and other European cities. The program meets all ABA requirements for Foreign Summer Programs.

If you are a law professor who would like to get more information for his/her students or a law student interested in the program, please contact me at mdscott@swlaw.edu.