2006 06 16LEFIS W2 Posgraduate Workshop 1 LEFIS and Master’s Programmes at Mykolas Romeris University Prof. Dr. Rimantas Petrauskas Mykolas Romeris University

2006 06 16 LEFIS W2 Posgraduate Workshop1

LEFIS and Master’s Programmes at Mykolas Romeris University

Prof. Dr. Rimantas Petrauskas Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)


Information Technology Law Masters Programme

DIPLOMA AWARDED

Master of Laws (Information Technology Law)


RELATED MASTER’S PROGRAMMES AT MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY:

E-Government, Public administration, Law and Management, Economics, Law (IPL)

Related to LEFIS subjects: Legal Environment of E-government, E-services, E-health, E-commerce, Development of Information Society in the EU, Information Technologies in Public Administration.


AIMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT:

new legal processes and phenomena in the networked society;

New legal regulation models and principles pertaining to ICT;

to form the abilities and competences to manage ICT, facilitating legal decision making and common legal tasks.



– Study programme aims at training the lawyers with special knowledge and skills necessary for serving the information society and facing legal challenges of the ICTs.



Study programme aims to deliver : theoretical knowledge and practical skills of

the legal disciplines pertaining to/spawned by the ICT;

theoretical knowledge and practical skills of ICT application in legal work.


VARIABILITY OF THE PROGRAMME

Transformations of traditional institutes. Variability of the Information technology law. Requests to analyze changes and to adjust

master programme of information technology law

Needs of more universal master’s programmes for smaller countries or markets.



During the processes of Programme design Mykolas Romeris University was consulting with INFOBALT (ITT forum in the region of Baltic states), which supports education, science and programmes promoting development of the information society.

Participating in the projects guided by the Ministry of Interior of Lithuania, and Information Society Development Committee under Lithuanian government helps to make analyses of stakeholders needs.



Participating in the AEQUITAS, SAFARI (Strengthening Capacities of Authorities Dealing with IT and Data Security) and other projects helps for Mykolas Romeris University, working together with public administration institutions and private sector, to exam current situation and needs of preparing training programmes for governmental institutions staff and to use this information for preparation of study programmes.


CONTENT OF THE IT LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

STUDY PROGRAMME CONSISTS OF THE SUBJECTS IN LAW AND THE SUBJECTS PERTINENT TO LAW AND ICT, INCLUDING:

the intellectual property rights in cyberspace telecommunications law e-commerce law (including e-signatures) data protection and data security legal environment of e – government Internet law etc.


1st semester

Courses Offered:

Subject ECTS credits

Type of examination

Legal Regulation of Electronic Communications

4.5 Exam

Intellectual Property in Cyberspace 6 Exam Information Technology and Law 6 Exam E-Governance 4.5 Exam Research Work 3 Pass/Fall Additional Courses Offered Legal Statistics 4.5 Exam Theories of information society 4,5 Exam


2nd semester

Courses Offered:

Subject ECTS

credits Type of

examination Legal Regulation of E-commerce 6 Exam Internet Law 4.5 Exam Computer Crimes and Their Prevention

4.5 Exam

Research Work 15 Pass/Fall


3rd semester

Courses offered:

Subject ECTS credits Type of

examination Data Protection and Data Security 4,5 Exam Artificial Intelligence and Law 4.5 Exam E-Democracy 4,5 Exam Master Thesis 21 Defending


LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCES

GENERAL COMPETENCES:Capacity for:Applying knowledge in practice;Generating new ideas. Research skills. Information management skills (capability to

analyze information from different sources).


COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS

LEGAL REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS:

Capability to understand the main principles and categories in the field of legal regulation of electronic communications.

Knowledge of particularities of electronic communications sector.



LEGAL REGULATION OF E-COMMERCE:

Capability to use legal provisions in E-commerce; Knowledge of principles and regulation of E-

signature; Knowledge of the mechanism of the financial flows

and their control in the electronic commerce.



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN CYBERSPACE:

Capability to analyze transformations of intellectual property and importance within the information society;

Knowledge of the principles for harmonisation, as well as non-legal protection forms thereof.

Knowledge of the newest intellectual property paradigms e.g. alternative intellectual-information property.



INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LAW:

Knowledge of theoretical and practical models of cyberspace and ICT

Role of ICT in the legal decision making and common legal tasks



E-GOVERNANCE: Understanding of the impact of ICT to the

development of social governance. Knowledge of the E-Governance principles,

goals and trends. Understanding legal regulation facilitating E-

Governance.



DATA PROTECTION AND DATA SECURITY: Knowledge of main categories of data protection and

data security. Knowledge of theoretical and practical models of

data protection and data security and alternative mechanisms of regulation.

Capability to interpret practical models of personal data protection and security.



COMPUTER CRIME AND PREVENTION: Capability to recognize and comprehend

computer related/facilitated violations of the law.

Capability to identify, qualify and evaluate computer related infringements.

Capability to engage legal process in the electronic environment.



INTERNET LAW: Capability to define jurisdiction in cyber

space, Knowledge of theoretical and practical

models of internet regulation and alternative regulation mechanisms.



ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW: Knowledge of methods and techniques of artificial

intelligence systems applicable in law and management domain.

Capability to combine the theoretical insights with the abilities to form practical perspectives on the learned artificial intelligence methods and techniques to computerize rational reasoning methods, and to consequently apply in practice.



E-DEMOCRACY:

Capability to define reasons of E-democracy. Capability to analyze definitions and

peculiarities of e-participation.



LEGAL STATISTICS: Knowledge of the ways for collections of

legal information, multi-functional statistical analysis methods, use of them for evaluation of statistical relations and reasons, by identifying logical regularity.


RESEARCH WORK

Research work aims at developing the skills

of independent scientific and practical (applied) research in the field of IT law, allowing master students to effectively embrace all the elements of the master’s studies plan.


Final Master’s Thesis

Studies end with Final Master’s Thesis, which is continuation of the research work.


Final Master’s Thesis

THE MOST POPULAR IT LAW FIELDS FOR MASTER’S THESIS ARE:

Intellectual property law, Legal problems of E-governance, Electronic communication and law, E-commerce, E-contract and E-signature laws, Cyber crimes, Data protection and data security, Information society law.


Statistics of Defended Final Master’s Thesis in 2005/2006

Cybercrime10%

Legal environment of E-Government

20%

Data protection, privacy & security

15%

E-Commerce34%

Intellectual property in

Cyberspace15%

Legal aspects of ICT6%

Cybercrime

Legal environment of E-Government

Data protection, privacy &security

E-Commerce

Intellectual property inCyberspace

Legal aspects of ICT


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME

Mykolas Romeris UniversityLithuania, Vilnius

rpetraus@ mruni.lt

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2006 06 16LEFIS W2 Posgraduate Workshop 1 LEFIS and Master’s Programmes at Mykolas Romeris University Prof. Dr. Rimantas Petrauskas Mykolas Romeris University