MSL in Privacy, Data Security, and Technology Law

Program Director: A. Fowler; Faculty Director: D. Solove

MSL candidates in Privacy, Data Security, and Technology (PDT) Law must complete 24 credit hours of instruction, including:

• 3 credit hours of Introduction to US Law and Legal Writing for MSL Students (6950)
• 3 credit hours of Information Privacy Law (6486)
• 3 credit hours of Cybersecurity Law and Technology (6890) or, with the permission of the program director, an alternative core cybersecurity law class
• At least 9 credit hours from among the list of Privacy, Data Security, and Technology Law electives.

Students may complete the degree online or in a hybrid format consisting of some in-person and some online classes.  Note that certain classes are only available in one format (i.e., online only or in-person only), and class format may vary by semester. 

PDT Electives

• Consumer Protection Law (6286)
• Computer Crime (6369)
• Health Law Seminar: Assisted Reproductive Technologies (6411)
• Telecommunications Law (6414)
• Intellectual Property Law (survey course only) (6470)
• Internet Law (6493)
• Selected Topics in Technology Law (6613)
• Selected Topics in Technology Law: Law in the Algorithmic Society (6613)
• Genetics and the Law (6616)
• Artificial Intelligence Law and Policy (6881)
• Technology Foundations for Cybersecurity (6884)
• Selected Topics in Cybersecurity Law (6892)
• Blockchain: Law, Policy, and Cybersecurity (6894)
• Global Privacy Law and Conflict Seminar (6895)
• Consumer Privacy and Data Protection: Regulatory Approaches (6896)
• Cybersecurity Law Crisis Challenge: Protecting Critical Infrastructure, Risk Management, and Incident Response (6898)
• Securities Law Seminar (Fintech Law and Policy) (6264-10)
• Reading Group (AI Manipulation and the Law) (6351-13)
• Selected Topics in Criminal Law and Procedure (Forensic Evidence and Technology in Criminal Cases) (6378-12)
• Criminal Law and Procedure Seminar: Privacy, Policing, and Surveillance (6379-11)
• Constitutional Law Seminar: Cyber, Privacy, and Speech (6399-12)
• Technology Law Seminar: Regulating AI Bias and Discrimination (6619-10)

Note: Certain seminars and reading groups include many topics. You can only take the topics listed in the above list, as not all topics are relevant to the PDT Concentration.