Monday May eight, 2017
Leveraging the proximity of two outstanding international know-how corporations — Emerson on the University of Dayton campus and LexisNexis in close by Miamisburg — regulation college students are studying about information safety and privateness, product legal responsibility and regulation, plus working in a real-world lab to develop new authorized services and products.
“Working with Emerson, our students can experience and touch the technologies of the future before launching their careers. They are able to dive into the law and the ‘Internet of things’ right where these ‘things’ are being developed,” School of Law Dean Andrew Strauss stated.
The ‘Internet of issues’ refers back to the system of sensors, processors and wi-fi units related to the Internet, in line with Strauss. By 2020, he expects there might be greater than 200 billion related sensor units that can embrace wearables, telephones, Internet-connected houses and autonomous vehicles that talk with one another and people.
“These devices provide a multitude of social and individual benefits, but they also raise legal issues,” Strauss stated. It’s more and more essential our college students are ready to work on this space. It’s nice our college students can stroll a pair blocks to The Helix Innovation Center to realize this expertise.”
Minutes away from campus, college students are working with LexisNexis legal professionals to see what know-how they’ll develop to assist the authorized group do their jobs higher. Students are studying firsthand the challenges in growing and bringing new authorized merchandise to market. Strauss hopes the School of Law and LexisNexis can put college students on paths to changing into authorized entrepreneurs.
“Newly minted lawyers are facing 21st century practices that include virtual law firms and courtrooms as well as automated case management, document assembly and document review,” Strauss stated. “LexisNexis allows our students to dive into this area right where these technologies are being developed.”
The collaborations with Emerson and LexisNexis are the most recent steps within the School of Law’s Technology Law School Initiative, which is constructing a fame for being on the leading edge of regulation and know-how in each instructing and analysis.
In the School of Law’s Program in Law and Technology, which affords concentrations with certificates in mental property and cyber regulation, college students obtain instruction from nationwide consultants. The School of Law additionally has LL.M. and M.S.L. packages in cyber and mental property regulation.
Students can also add a “tech credential” to their J.D. diploma that exhibits employers they’re adept in utilizing the applied sciences regulation companies, courts and different authorized organizations routinely use in at present’s observe.
Visit the associated hyperlink to be taught extra concerning the School of Law’s Technology Law School Initiative.
For extra info, contact Shawn Robinson, affiliate director of information and communications, at 937-229-3391 or [email protected].
