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UConn adds LL.M. in I.P. and Information Governance

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The University Of Connecticut is adding an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law and Information Governance. It will be the only master of laws program in intellectual property offered in Connecticut, and the only one in New England with a focus on policy and global intellectual property law. It will be open to foreign attorneys in addition to U.S. law graduates. 

Pending acquiescence from the American Bar Association, UConn School of Law will enroll students in the new program starting in the fall of 2016. It will be the fifth LL.M. program at the law school, which has long offered graduate degrees in U.S. legal studies and insurance and added two more in 2015: one in human rights and social justice and the other in energy and environmental law. The law school will continue to offer a Certificate in Intellectual Property to J.D. candidates, a program established in 2001 that has granted 107 certificates over the past five years.

“The world faces a pressing demand for lawyers to guide innovation across a wide array of industries, from pharmaceuticals and software to publishing and mass entertainment, as well as a need for expertise to carry out policy and regulatory work in government and private organizations,” said Dean Timothy Fisher. “The new LLM helps UConn Law step up its efforts to meet that need, in Connecticut and around the world.”

The information governance component of the curriculum is intended to supplement practical training with a thorough grounding in the concepts framing transnational policy debates about the boundaries between private protection of information and the public domain. Graduates will be equipped not only to practice in the field but to contribute to those debates and the formulation of rules and policies central to intellectual property law.

The program is open to applicants who hold a law degree from a law school in the United States or an accredited law program in another country. International students on visas will be eligible to complete the 24-credit requirement in two or three semesters. U.S. students may take up to five years to finish the course. UConn School of Law also offers students who are pursuing a joint J.D. / LLM degree an opportunity to apply up to 12 credits to both programs, meaning a student could earn both degrees in as little as seven semesters of full-time study.

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