This graduate-level course focuses on U.S. and international law governing offensive and defensive cyber effect operations, including those that constitute espionage, sabotage and subversion, as well as those that could lead to physical destruction of property and the loss of human life. In addition, this course addresses the role of various military and intelligence apparatuses in different countries in conducting cyber operations in opposing nations. In addition, this class will examine the interplay between the laws and the practices and policies of the United States Intelligence Community and national security system, both foreign and domestic. While discussion of the history of intelligence activities and laws dating from the origins of our colonial days will necessarily shape the framework of the class, the focus shall particularly be on current debates and challenges faced by the United States in the 21st Century.

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the legal, social, and technical impact of global "cybercrime." Cybercrime is loosely defined as a set of illegal activities that are facilitated through the use of computers or other technology devices. Examples of cybercrime include not only "traditional" crimes (e.g. identity theft or stalking) being carried out in a new medium, but a new set of activities in which the computer or computer network itself is a target of the attack. Topics will include the various state, federal and international laws, investigative measures and techniques used to identify, investigate, arrest and prosecute cybercriminals and cyberattacks, and the preventive measures that can be utilized to provide a secure environment for computer hardware and software. Active elements of the cyber underworld, including organized crime, terrorists and state sponsored activity, will be discussed. Students will become familiar with legal processes they may find themselves a part of, litigation, depositions and expert reporting. In addition, this course will address issues impacting the Fourth Amendment, forensics, electronic surveillance, computer hacking and cracking, intellectual property crimes, espionage, cyberterrorism, privacy, "forced disclosure," and the challenge of cross-jurisdiction enforcement.

This course exposes students to management practices for assessing the risk of cybersecurity in the supply chain across many industries and processes. Supply chain processes account for a significant portion of a company's costs ultimately resulting in delivery of goods or services to customers. Critical supply chain metrics and processes are required to make supply chain decisions. The Course will also investigate topics, such as vendor supply chain design logistics and security planning. Threats to the global supply chain are significant and costs billions of dollars per year. The Course will examine the cybersecurity threats to the supply chain and develop risk strategies in working with vendors as part of the supply chain. Key issues include organizational cyber intrusion incident response planning in the supply chain, developing a risk planning methodology, and cost associated with corporate breaches.

This course is designed to expose students to the issues involved in cybersecurity law, both from a national policy standpoint and from a corporate counsel view. Cybersecurity is the protection of electronic data and systems from attack, loss, or other compromise. Electronic data and systems include governmental records, and investor and private firm information, and the hardware and software systems used to generate and maintain that data.

​Focuses on the legal requirements of electronic commerce including issues of electronic contracting, tort, defamation, constitutional law, intellectual property, procedural, domestic and international conflicts and regulation.

Students who have taken Internet Law will not receive credit for this class.

This graduate-level course examines global data protection and privacy issues, with particular focus on the balance between an individual’s control of his/her personal information and the right of others to collect and use the individual’s personal information. The aim of the course is to understand the cultural, social, economic and political factors that influence data privacy and data protection laws around the world, including the European Union, Russia, China, Australia and Canada. The course will examine issues that include collection of data for commercial and governmental purposes, including but not limited to marketing. Attention will be paid to the new European General Data Protection Regulation, new data localization laws in China and Russia, and other current developments. US data privacy law will be addressed only in comparison to non-US approaches. Note: This course does NOT focus on US data privacy, which is instead the focus of Technology Privacy and the Law.

This course explores the legal aspects of health care compliance. At both the federal and state levels, the course addresses the statutory, regulatory, and case law that comprises the complex legal backdrop in which the healthcare industry operates. The course introduces the history, purpose, and substance of healthcare regulatory compliance programs and addresses legal doctrines concerning protected information, patient's rights, HIPAA security and breach, compliance issues in healthcare business transactions, and special topics related to substance use, mental health, HIV, genetic information, and minors.

A qualifying Independent Research Paper (or Papers) allows a student to earn two, three or four academic credits for research and writing that produces a substantive paper, note, article or series of white papers on a legal topic. At least 12 or more pages of writing are required per credit. For LL.M. students, the written product must rely on the student’s original research, be of publishable quality, and include proper legal citation. For M.S. students, the written product must rely on the student’s original research, be of publishable quality, and include proper APA, MLA, Chicago-style or blue-book citation. To register for an Independent Legal Research Paper (or Papers), the student must draft a description of the proposed writing project; confer with, and secure the consent of, a supervising faculty member; and complete the Independent Legal Research Paper form (PDF). The completed Independent Research Paper form must be signed by the faculty member and submitted along with the project description to the Registrar for enrollment. Students completing an Independent Legal Research Paper must submit timesheets to the supervising faculty member every two weeks and must demonstrate a total of at least 42.5 hours per credit were devoted to the research and writing of the paper (or papers).

This course examines the impact of technology on information privacy law, while examining the evolution of the right to information privacy and personal autonomy under Constitutional, tort, statutory and international law. This course will explore how the law should balance privacy rights with national security concerns, given the advent of new technologies and information structures. This course will examine modern privacy developments involving, inter alia, social media, video surveillance, “big data” practices, DNA databanking, the collection of health information, cybersecurity, airport body scanning, drone technology, and Internet privacy and cryptography. This course is required to complete the Concentration in Law and Cybersecurity.