Information Security Incorporated in Non-Technical Disciplines

Shepard Broad Law Center

The Shepard Broad Law Center offers three courses in the JD program that are related to information security:

LAW 0755 - Advanced Criminal Law
This course focuses on the prosecution and defense of federal crimes: "racketeering," drug trafficking, bank secrecy, computer crime, mail fraud, perjury, obstruction of justice, etc. In addition to elements of and defenses to substantive crimes, selected issues in the investigative process, such as immunity, and sentencing, are studied
 
LAW 0760 - Cyberlaw Seminar
This seminar will address the emerging public and private legal issues, which arise from the growth of the Internet and the associated digital revolution. The seminar will introduce students to representative subset of legal problems that lawyers are addressing and will continue to address in this new environment. Potential topics include privacy rights, intellectual property, defamation, criminal laws, content control, bounds of jurisdiction, encryption technology, e-commerce, ethics, and existing regulatory regimes applicable to internet activities

LAW 0788 - Computers and the Law
An examination of the following topics: understanding the technology, discovery and evidence; legal research on the internet; new forms of technology/information protection; living with "big brother" -privacy and business issues; computers, e-mail, the internet, and related technologies.