Social Media & the Law

Catalog description

Social Media and the Law is a course focusing on how social media use by individuals and companies impacts the law and compels the creation of new laws and regulations. From Facebook to Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat and TikTok, the array of social media platforms is creating new legal challenges to consider and solve. Among the areas of law impacted by social media and covered in the course are labor and employment, litigation, legal ethics, jury trials, the First Amendment, advertising and promotions, privacy, and intellectual property. Students will discover and learn how to effectively address trending legal issues for clients, and will be ready to embrace the next age of law and business with their best legal mind and digital foot forward. This course also provides students with lessons on utilizing social media platforms in a professional capacity and effectively marketing themselves and their capabilities to employers and clients.