Global Technology Law and Policy: Advanced Issues in IT Law (LLAW 6106)
This course has already taken place. Application closed on May 31, 2016.
Lecturer: Professor Michael Geist
Professor Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law. He has obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Cambridge University in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York, and a Doctorate in Law (J.S.D.) from Columbia Law School. Dr. Geist is a syndicated columnist on technology law issues with his regular column appearing in the Toronto Star, the Hill Times, and the Tyee. Dr. Geist is the editor of several copyright books including The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law (2013, University of Ottawa Press), From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright”: Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda (2010, Irwin Law) and In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law (2005, Irwin Law), the editor of several monthly technology law publications, and the author of a popular blog on Internet and intellectual property law issues. More
Admission requirements
Applicant should either be a Bachelor of Law degree holder, or a Legal practitioner, or both. Non-Law applicants are also welcome.
Award
Certificates will be issued to participants with two options:
(1) a Certificate of Attendance (requires at least 70% class attendance without taking any formal assessments) or,
(2) a Certificate of Completion (requires at least 70% class attendance and successful completion of the formal course assessment).
Course fee
HK$6,500 for participants who do not intend to take assessment but would like to obtain a Certificate of Attendance (not eligible for application for CPD points); or
HK$13,000 for participants who will complete the assessment and would like to obtain a Certificate of Completion.
Form of Assessment
25% class presentation, 75% final paper.
Law Society CPD Points
Practitioners may claim up to 15 Law Society CPD points.
For interested parties, please send resumes to Ms. Grace Chan (mcgrace@hku.hk).
*Course certificates will be issued with the course title “LLAW 6106 Advanced Issues in Information Technology Law”
For current HKU Law students, please apply through the Faculty of Law Office (Tel. 3917-2951).