Advanced Issues in Criminal Law: Cybercrime and Cybersecurity

Catalog description

This course offers a broad survey of many legal issues surrounding cybercrime and cybersecurity. Cybercrime-for-profit is a global threat, and law enforcement is not keeping pace. Nation-states are hacking and compiling data and corporations are collecting and using data, all on a massive scale. Privacy, cybersecurity, and public safety are serious issues for our country, and lawyers will play a role in addressing them, shaping the debate, and searching for solutions. This course provides a broad overview of the issues, explores how to conduct cybercrime criminal investigations and prosecutions, and teaches cybersecurity principles so that lawyers can secure themselves and properly advise their clients. Enrollment limited to 20 students.