2006 02 10 LEFIS General Assembly Firence 1 Information Technology Law Masters Programme Prof. Dr....

2006 02 10 LEFIS General Assembly Firence 1

Information Technology Law Masters Programme

Prof. Dr. Rimantas Petrauskas

Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)



DIPLOMA AWARDED

Master of Laws (LLM)



This Study Programme was registered by Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania in 2001.

Full accreditation was awarded in 2004 by International committee (lawyers from USA, UK, Danmark, Latvia).

Last changes there made in 2005.


AIMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES ABOUT:

1) the new legal processes within the information society;

2) transformations of traditional legal institutes and processes in e-law;

3) to form the abilities and competence to manage information technologies that will help to solve legal problems in information society.


AIMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

Study programme aims at training the lawyers with special knowledge and skills necessary for working in the information society.

Study programme aims to give a profound knowledge of the IT Law, its areas of applications and its realization in practice.


DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

The study programme is developed with help and following the recommendation of EULISP – CDA (European Universities Legal Informatics Study Program) project.


Admission criteria

Students having academic background of Law:

Bachelor in law;High legal education (ad list 3 years in

University).


Admitted full time students

2002/2003 – 15

2003/2004 – 12

2005/2006 – 14


Admitted part time students (extramural studies)

2002/2003 – 23

2002/2004 – 26

2005/2006 – 22


CONTENT OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

Study programme consists of the subjects in law and the subjects analysing the most important law institutes of information technologies, including:

the intellectual property rights in cyberspace, telecommunications law, e-commerce and e-signature law, data protection and data security; Internet law and etc.


1st semester

Legal Regulation of Electronic Communication (4.5 ECTS credits)

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace (6 ECTS credits)

Information Technology and Law (6 ECTS credits)

E-Governance (4.5 ECTS credits)Research Work (7.5 ECTS credits)


1st semester

Additional Courses Offered:

Legal Statistics (4.5 ECTS credits)


2nd semester

Legal Regulation of E-commerce (6 ECTS credits)

Internet Law (4.5 ECTS credits)Data Protection and Data Security (4.5

ECTS credits)Research Work (15 ECTS credits)


3rd semester

Cyber Crimes (6 ECTS credits)Artificial Intelligence and Law (4.5 ECTS

credits)Master Thesis (21 ECTS credits)


RESEARCH WORK

Research work aims at developing the skills of scientific research work in the field of IT law that helps master students to work in an effective way embracing all the elements indicated in the plan for master’s studies.


Final Master’s Thesis

Studies end with Final Master’s Thesis, which is continuation of the research work.

Students are doing written research work on chosen IT Law field on student’s own.


Final Master’s Thesis

THE MOST POPULAR IT LAW FIELDS FOR MASTER’S THESIS ARE:

Intellectual property law, Legal problems of E-governance, Electronic communication and law, E-commerce law, Cyber crimes, Data protection and data security, Information society law.


Subjects in English

Legal Regulation of Electronic Communication

Intellectual Property in Cyberspace E-commerce Law Cyber Crimes Data Protection and Data Security E-Governance Socio-Legal Statistics Artificial Intelligence and Law


Academic Staff

Professors: 43 %Associate Professors: 27 %Others: 30 %


STRENGTHS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

The programme provide the possibility to the persons, who already have a fundamental legal education, to acquire specialised higher education of master degree in the area of legal informatics.

Content of the programme is closely related to the nowadays processes existing in the social-legal process in EU and Lithuania, transformation to information society.

The programme creates favourable preconditions for employment in the knowledge economy related business and public structures.


STRENGTHS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

Student are provided with good learning resources for studies. Teachers of high qualification teach in the programme.

Students have the possibility to study in the universities abroad (Zaragoza,Spain, Lapland,Finland; Leuven, Belgium; Vienna, Austria) attend the lectures gave by the professors from this and others foreign universities, to take part in the research activity of departament.

The programme complies with the international standards and the latest study programmes of higher schools abroad.

Integrity of the programme: the programme unites the legal and technical subjects.


Master’s Thesis defended in 2006

The Influence of Convergence on the Legal Regulation of Electronic Communications

Penal Legal Characteristics of Informatics Crimes

Legal Protection of Databases in France and Lithuania

Legal Protection of Personal Data while Processing them in Police Information Systems



Legal environment of the E-government: Principles and Perspectives

Impact of Cyberspace on the Intellectual Property Rights

Legal Aspects of the Protection of Employees’ Privacy in Cyberspace

Principles of Legal Regulation of Electronic Commerce and their Implementation in Lithuania



Harmful Contents of Websites: Regulation and Practical Legal Issues

Protection of Personal Data at the Workplace

Guarantees of Data Protection in the Databases of the Ministry of the Interior: Legal and Practical Aspects

Protection of Intellectual Property in the Context of Internet Media


Master Thesis defended in 2006

Legal Regulation of Electronic Contracts Electronic Democracy and its Legal Aspects Internet Self-Regulation in Lithuania and its

Legal Preconditions Identification Problem of Internet Law Legal Regulation of Indirect Taxes in

Cyberspace Implementation of Copyrights and Related

Rights on the Internet Civil Liability in Cyberspace


Research continuation during doctoral studies

The best students may be invited for scientific doctoral studies (PhD studies).

There are 8 PhD students studying in the field of Information Technology Law.


Fields of doctoral studies - Doctoral Thesis

1. Legal aspects of informational anonymity in electronic environment.

2. Alternative regulation models of electronic communication.

3. Legal and patent protection of intellectual property.

4. Legal aspects of intellectual property protection in electronic environment.


Fields of doctoral studies - Doctoral Thesis

1. The meaning of contract law in open source programs regulation.

2. Electronic documents, legal regulation of exchanging of them in EU and Lithuania.

3. E-commerce in public sector, in context of administrative reform.

4. Taxation of e-commerce, legal regulation in Lithuania context.


Master’s Study Programme of Information Technology Law

Master’s study programme of Information Technology Law is a logical continuation of the research works, which were conducted in the Mykolas Romeris University for several years.

Mykolas Romeris University is seeking to have well integrated research mechanism in the field of Information Technology Law.


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

Mykolas Romeris University

Lithuania, Vilnius

rpetraus@ mruni.lt

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