| Cyberlaw/Fair Use Clinic: Advanced |
| Course Number: 649-A-01 |
Falzone | 4 Units |
In this hands-on, project-oriented seminar, students will work on a wide range of cyberlaw projects with lawyers from the Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project and with lawyers from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. There will be significant faculty-student interactions through meetings to discuss the projects and an associated bi-monthly discussion seminar covering advanced cyberlaw topics.
This clinic provides law students with the opportunity to represent clients in cutting-edge issues of intellectual property and technology law, in the public interest. Through the hands-on experience of representing clients (under the supervision of the faculty) in various fora, students will learn professional responsibility and advocacy skills, substantive law and procedural rules related to their projects, and will examine the concept of the public interest in intellectual property and technology law. Clients will likely vary widely, and may be individual artists; technologists; non-profit institutions; coalitions; etc. In the past, students have drafted amicus briefs, counseled nonprofits on public-interest initiatives, created a patent licensing scheme, represented independent and documentary filmmakers who are pursuing legislation in Congress, and counseled artists developing new technology-based art forms, among other projects. Thus, the skills each student learns will also vary according to project. In the classroom component, we will explore public interest practice in tech law in various fora, and spend significant time on student projects.
You are expected to commit approximately 20 hours per week (variable) to clinic work.
After completing the initial 7-unit Cyberlaw/Fair Use Clinic: Advanced course, students may enroll again for either 3 or 4 credits by consent of the instructor.
Elements used in Grading: Compliance with office procedures, dependability, relationship with clients and students, instructor and supervisor, productivity, responsibility, class participation, quality of work, development of lawyering skills, improvement shown.
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| Calendar: Quarter Calendar |
| Enrollment: Consent - Max Enrollment 3 |
| Grading system: Honors-Pass |
| Elements used in grading: Participation and quality work on projects |
| Type of exam: None |
| Specific graduation requirements met: Professional Skills,Writing |
| Special instructions, rules or deadlines: None |
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