Yes. Jon has an ongoing friendly rivalry with Yves Poullet at Namur (Belgium) as to who has the oldest computer law program in Europe. At this point I think they have actually both been at it for closer to 30 years. Dan L. Burk School of Law University of California, Irvine 4500 Berkeley Place Irvine, CA 92697-8000 Voice: (949) 824-9325 Fax: (949)824-7336
Although I am not directly familiar with it, the University of Oslo has had a focus on this area for 15 or 20 years. Jon Bing is the person who is person who is perhaps most central here.
Rich Ling
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Dan L. Burk Sent: 17. desember 2010 07:12 To: Thomas Jones Cc: AoIR-L Aoir Subject: Re: [Air-L] The state of Internet Law
Er -- not sure where you are getting your information, but this is almost completely wrong. There are dozens and dozens of law schools in the U.S. with this type of program. Far from being "young and vibrant," many of the programs go back 15 to 20 years, and the field is seen by many as a bit hackneyed.
Dan L. Burk School of Law University of California, Irvine 4500 Berkeley Place Irvine, CA 92697-8000 Voice: (949) 824-9325 Fax: (949)824-7336 bits: dburk@uci.edu
In the US there are only a handful of law schools teaching Law, Science, and Technology tracks - otherwise known as Internet or Cyber Law. Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, and a few others have such a program or similar thereto.
Most other law schools only offer a class or two in what is a young and vibrant area of law, especially in light of the recent Wikileaks escapade.
Do any of you have any insight into other Law Schools that have, or are planning to have a Law, Science, and Technology Law track within their Law School? (Yes, Im looking for candidate law schools to apply to as well) :-)
Do you think this is an area that is being ignored or dismissed as a legitimate niche?
Please discuss!
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