UCC Faculty of Law Over 500 undergraduate

UCC Faculty of Law • Over 500 undergraduate Students (day and evening) • Over 50 postgraduate Students • 20 full-time staff • Strong Research Record • Website: www. ucc. ie/law/ 2

Law Online at UCC • Irish partner of BAILII – British and Irish Legal Information Institute – www. bailii. org • Irish Legal Information Initiative – www. irlii. org • Irish Law Site – www. irishlaw. org • Cork Online Law Review – colr. ucc. ie 3

LLM in E Law and Commercial Law • Only one of its kind in Republic of Ireland • Minor thesis plus six units • Minor thesis (12, 500 words) must be on e-Law or Commercial Law • Compulsory Units: – Internet Regulation – Current Issues in Cyber. Law – Electronic Commerce Law 4

• Two units from the area of Commercial Law – – – Advanced EC Competition Law Information Law and Policy Principles of Environmental Law Intellectual Property Law of Credit and Security Mergers and Acquisitions Law • One unit either from units above or from: – Contemporary Issues in Irish Constitutional Law; Challenges in Medical Law and Policy; Criminology; Immigration and Refugee Law; International Criminal Law; Juvenile Justice; Penology 5

Internet Regulation • Dr Darius Whelan • Topics: – – – Policy Issues Cybercrime Intellectual Property Aspects of Domain Name Law Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) • Participation in online mediation & arbitration competition 6

Current Issues in Cyber. Law • Professor Steve Hedley • Topics: – – – Defamation and reputation management IP issues generally Jurisdiction Ownership of links in civil law Search engines and the law Access to websites, and website policies Cookies and anonymity online Data retention and surveillance Multi-national law making Survival of old concepts, and a distinctive ‘cyberlaw’ Law and control of computer users - Lessig’s Code 7

Electronic Commerce Law (1) • Introduction • Online Transactions - Fidelma White: – E-Commerce: the policy background and the legal framework – The Formation and Terms of e-Contracts – Protecting Consumer Buyers • Electronic Banking - Mary Donnelly: – The Legal Framework for e-Banking – Electronic Funds Transfers: Legal Issues Arising – e-Banking: Consumer Concerns and Legal Protections 8

Electronic Commerce Law (2) • Online Privacy - Professor Maeve Mc. Donagh: – Privacy issues in the online environment – Legal protection of privacy: data protection and electronic communications privacy – Legal protection of privacy in the online environment • Electronic Signatures - Darius Whelan: – Electronic Signatures in Europe and USA 9

Use of Technology in Teaching (1) • Students trained in use of Internet and Lexis. Nexis for legal research since 1993 • Emphasis on Technology in delivery of courses – ‘Blackboard’ package – Hyperlinks 10

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Use of Technology in Teaching (2) • Dedicated computer laboratory for law students • Mobile IT Classroom acquired • President’s Award for Research into Innovative Forms of Teaching – John Mee & Darius Whelan Research into Use of Technology for Law Teaching and Learning 13

Research - Examples • Maeve Mc. Donagh and Louise Crowley working on the Irish monograph for inclusion in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Cyber. Law (ed. J. Dumortier), Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2004 • E-SIGN PROJECT – Study for European Commission on implementation of European regulatory framework for electronic signatures. Researchers: Maeve Mc. Donagh and Fidelma White • Privireal: Study for the European Commission on the implementation of the Data Protection Directive in the area of medical research: Researchers: Maeve Mc. Donagh and Deirdre Madden • Donnelly, M. & Mc. Donagh, M. ‘Maintaining Standards in electronic Banking: How does Ireland Measure Up? ’ (2000) 7 Commercial Law Practitioner 211 -217. 14

Industry and Public Sector Links • Links with Matheson Ormsby Prentice, one of Ireland’s top IT Law Firms, e. g. Postgraduate Scholarship in IT Law • Link with Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources • Student Placements – e. g. Data Protection Commissioner’s Office; Electronic Privacy Information Center (Washington) 15

Other Activities • Seminar to be held 7 May 2004 on E Law: Law for the Electronic Age • Franklin Pierce Law Center to hold Summer Institute in Cork, 2005 • Irish Partner in ‘Creative Commons’ project • E Law webpages at – www. ucc. ie/lawonline/elaw/ 16