S. Counseling the Digital Innovator
Course Information
- Course Number
- L8163
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Intellectual Property and Technology, Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility
- Type
- Simulation
- Additional Attributes
- Experiential Credit
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Blake Reese
Adjunct Associate Professor of Law
Section Description
Counseling the Digital Innovator provides students with an understanding of how to advise digital innovators on the key legal concepts digital innovators face in bringing their products and services to market. The course aims to place students in hypothetical situations that mirror those they will face in practice representing clients in legal matters arising from technology development -- allowing students to understand the legal issue, as well as how business decision-makers make quick and effective informed decisions on their lawyers’ advice. For example, your IT department just determined your customer loyalty database may have been compromised (hacked) -- what do you do?
Topics include how to be an effective digital lawyer, online jurisdiction, consumer protection in the U.S.and Europe, content regulation in the U.S. and Europe, privacy in the U.S. and Europe, security, structuring and negotiating technology deals, legal issues in IP / online monetization models and labor issues in the digital economy. Expert guest speakers will provide balanced views of the topics. Grades comprise class participation, weekly online discussions on policy issues and group projects.
Additional method of evaluation (grading): Class Participation, Weekly Discussions (Online), Group Projects (part paper as noted above, part oral presentation)
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2019
- Location
- JGH 546
- Schedule
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Class meets on
- Monday
- Points
- 2
- Method of Evaluation
- Paper
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in values-based considerations in law-making
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the historical development of law and legal institutions
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in comparative law analysis of legal institutions and the law
- Secondary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in transactional design and value creation
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in various lawyering skills, for example, oral advocacy, legal writing and drafting, legal research, negotiation, and client communication
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- None