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Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law at University of Sussex - UCAS

University of Sussex

Degree level: Postgraduate

Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law (Taught)

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2023 - 20242024 - 2025
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Course summary

The future of the law is digital. This innovative LLM offers you critical and intellectual specialisation in this rapidly developing area. On this course, you’ll learn from today’s leading lawyers who’ll weave their latest insights and research into the course content. You’ll:

  • explore the issues responsible for placing the legal system at the forefront of governance of the internet
  • develop up-to-date knowledge in some of the latest technological developments
  • consider legal challenges posed by new technologies
  • gain theoretical and practical insights.
When you graduate, you’ll be ready to show employers that you're an expert in the fields of intellectual property and information technology. These areas are of particular interest to tech companies and specialised law firms.

Modules

Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. Autumn teaching

  • Advanced Legal Research and Writing
  • Aspects of Intellectual Property Law
  • Critical Approaches to Information Law
  • Spring and summer teaching
  • LLM Dissertation
Options Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research. While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group. Spring teaching -Cyber Law -Digital Intellectual Property Law -Privacy and Data Protection Law -Regulating the Creative Industries Study visit You have opportunities to visit European Union institutions in Brussels and Luxembourg, along with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and other UN agencies in Geneva. We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity. We’ll do our best to provide as much optional choice as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below.

Entry requirements

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

Fees and funding

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Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law at University of Sussex - UCAS