The Specialization in Media, Entertainment, and Technology Law and Policy’s LL.M. curriculum involves completion of four courses arranged in two tiers. While the tiers are roughly progressive (in that, for example, basic copyright and entertainment law are helpful for the more advanced courses), generally the courses below may be taken concurrently (subject to a given instructor’s prerequisite requirements in specific instances). The mandatory courses of the Introductory A-Tier are intended to present the fundamental principles and practices of contemporary entertainment law, and they cover copyright protection, and various transactional doctrines. The A-Tier courses typically serve as a gateway to the more specialized electives that populate the B-Tier, where students may choose to focus more narrowly on their particular professional interests in entertainment law.
LL.M. Specialization in Media, Entertainment & Technology Law and Policy
Curriculum
A minimum average GPA not lower than a B- will be required in Specialization courses for final transcript certification of satisfactory Specialization completion. Students who have completed the Specialization requirements may elect, at their option, to have the certification noted on their transcript. That election cannot be changed after the student has been graduated. Note also that specific course offerings vary from year to year.
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Introductory A-Tier Courses
ONE Required Introductory (“A-Tier”) Course.
Only the 4-unit version of Law 274 may be used to satisfy the A-Tier requirement.
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Specialized B-Tier Courses
TWO Specialized ("B Tier") Courses, but no less than 4 credits
LAW 244Television Law
LAW 274Trademark Law
LAW 301Art and Cultural Property Law
LAW 303Music Industry Law
LAW 304International Intellectual Property
LAW 306Patent Law
LAW 357Entertainment Guilds: A Framework for Navigating The Industry
LAW 364Motion Picture Distribution
LAW 386Digital Technologies and the Constitution
LAW 421Cross-Border Intellectual Property Litigation
LAW 432International and Comparative Sports Law
LAW 437Telecommunications Regulation
LAW 479Design Law
LAW 480Television Special Issues: SVOD/AVOD Platforms
LAW 481Harmonizing Hollywood: Entertainment Disputes, Ethics and Peacemaking
LAW 483Privacy, Data and Technology
LAW 484Information Privacy and Data Protection
LAW 504Law, Technology, and Society
LAW 511A/BSocial Media and the Future of Democracy
LAW 525Patent Intensive
LAW 559Internet Law, Media and Society
LAW 578Digital Wars - Major Current Legal Battles in Information Economies
LAW 582Brands: Constructing Identity
LAW 681What Drives Innovation
LAW 683News Media Law in the Digital Age
LAW 743Corporate Practice Clinic
LAW 760A/BPatent Clinic
LAW 767Music Industry Clinic
LAW 768Sports Law Simulation
LAW 769Documentary Film Legal Clinic
LAW 777Patent Litigation
LAW 785Negotiation Theory and Practice
LAW 900Contract Design
LAW 932The Blockchain: Technology, Law and Regulation
LAW 949Esports: The Legal and Business Evolution
LAW 972Negotiation Theory & Practice (J-Term)
If Trademark Law (274), Copyright Law (302), and/or Intellectual Property Law (307) are NOT taken as A-Tier Courses, they can be taken as B-Tier Courses.
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Supplementary Tier of Courses
While they not required of LL.M. students, these courses remain a recommended roster of subject matter for consideration, especially among students from law schools outside the United States.
LAW 201Constitutional Law II
LAW 220Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
LAW 230Business Associations
LAW 234Accounting For Lawyers
LAW 240Antitrust Law I
LAW 248Business Bankruptcy
LAW 250Secured Transactions
LAW 260Labor Law I
LAW 291Taxation of Business Enterprises
