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Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology |
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Professor Gary Marchant |
The Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology, founded in
1984, is in its 17th year of operation at the Arizona State University
College of Law. (Its predecessor, the Arizona Law and Technology Institute
(ALTI), was founded in 1981.) Fourteen faculty members at the College
of Law are currently Center Fellows. Their research interests ground
the Center's claim that it is not only the oldest and largest, but also
the most broadly encompassing Center of its kind in the nation. The
curriculum of the College of Law reflects these encompassing research
interests and attracts many law students to ASU who graduate with substantial
knowledge in various Law, Science, and Technology subjects. Accordingly,
a Graduate Certificate Program in Law, Science, and Technology, will
commence in the 2002-2003 academic year.
Graduate Certificate Program in Law, Science, and Technology
The graduate certificate program is open to students duly admitted
to and in good standing at the Arizona State University College of Law
who are interested in Law, Science, and Technology subjects. Only students
enrolled in the College of Law are eligible. No specific undergraduate
major is a prerequisite.
The Graduate Certificate Program has several constitutive parts: Substantive Course Work, Minimum Cumulative Average Grade, Student Activities, Substantive Writing Project, and Advising.
1. Substantive Course Work in Law, Science, and Technology subjects,
shall involve a minimum of seven (7) courses (earning at least sixteen
credit hours), offered at the College of Law (which are 500 and 600
level courses).
a. Two (2) courses shall be chosen from a list of Core Courses (except
as provided for in subsection (d) for students pursuing a specialization).
The Core Courses are: Law, Science, and Technology; Scientific Evidence;
and Law, Science, and Litigation. The list of Core Courses is subject
to revision by the Director or Executive Director with the advice of
the Center Fellows.
b. As many as five (5) courses may be chosen from a list of Elective
Courses. The Elective Courses are: Advanced Topics in Copyright Law;
Advanced Topics in Patent Law; Antitrust; Bioethics; Communications/Media
Law; Copyright Law; Copyright Practice; Cyberspace Law; Disabilities
Law; Elder Law; Environmental Justice; Environmental Law; Family Law;
Gender, Sexuality and the Law; Genetics & the Law; Health Law; High
Tech Licensing; International Intellectual Property; Land Use Planning
and Regulation; Law, Biology and Human Behavior; Law and Economics;
Legal Statistics; Licensing Intangible Property; Mass Tort Litigation;
Natural Resources / Public Lands Law; Patent Law; Patent Litigation;
Public Health Law; Timber and Range; Toxic Tort Litigation; Tribal Environmental
Law; Water Law; and Wildlife Law. The list of Elective Courses is subject
to revision by the Director or Executive Director with the advice of
the Center Fellows.
c. Graduate Seminars (500 level or higher) in other Departments and
/ or Independent Study with Center Fellows on the College of Law faculty,
as approved by the Director or Executive Director and the Academic Dean,
may serve as Elective Courses.
d. Students shall have the option of pursuing a specialization within
the Graduate Certificate Program. The three specializations shall be
Intellectual Property, Health Care Law, and Environmental Law. Four
courses within the area of specialization are required to satisfy the
specialization option. In addition, the Core Course requirement is reduced
from two courses to one course for students pursuing a specialization
option. (An additional two courses, from the list of Elective Courses
or courses described in subsection (c), are required to satisfy the
seven (7) course minimum requirement.)
i. For the Intellectual Property specialization, the student shall complete
Commercial Torts, Copyright Law and Patent Law and at least one other
qualifying course. The qualifying courses are Advanced Topics in Copyright
Law; Advanced Topics in Patent Law; Copyright Practice; High Tech Licensing;
International Intellectual Property; Licensing Intangible Property;
and Patent Litigation.
ii. For the Health Care Law specialization, the student shall complete
Health Law and at least three other qualifying courses. The qualifying
courses are Administrative Law; Bioethics; Disabilities Law; Elder Law;
Family Law; Gender, Sexuality and the Law; and Public Health Law.
iii. For the Environmental Law specialization, the student shall complete
Environmental Law and Natural Resources / Public Land Law and at least
two other qualifying courses. The qualifying courses are Administrative
Law; Environmental Justice; Land Use Planning and Regulation; Timber
and Range; Toxic Tort Litigation; Tribal Environmental Law; Water Law;
and Wildlife Law.
The list of courses that satisfy the specialization option is subject
to revision by the Director or Executive Director with the advice of
the Center Fellows.
2. Grade Requirement
Each student shall earn a cumulative average grade of at least eighty-three
(83) for those courses that are offered to satisfy the substantive course
work requirements of the Graduate Certificate Program. A student must
earn a minimum grade of "B" for courses taken outside of the
College of Law, pursuant to 1.c. above, where letter grades are assigned.
Letter grades earned outside of the College of Law will not be used
to compute the student's cumulative average grade.
3. Law, Science, and Technology Activity
Each student shall be encouraged to actively participate in the events,
e.g., speakers, conferences, symposia, etc., sponsored by the Center
and to participate in at least one approved activity for two semesters.
Editorial positions with Jurimetrics, approved externships, officer
positions (or similarly active participation) with the Law and Science
Student Association (LASSA), the Intellectual Property Student Association
(IPSA) and the Environmental Law Society (ELS), are approved activities.
This list shall be reviewed periodically and modified as needed by the
Director or Executive Director.
4. Writing Requirement
Each student must complete a substantial paper on a topic related to
Law, Science, and Technology. The paper must be at least 25 pages in
length and written under the guidance of a Center Fellow on the College
of Law faculty. A paper written to satisfy the College of Law's substantial
paper requirement may fulfill this writing requirement, including a
paper written as part of a seminar course included in the list of courses
above. The Certificate Program writing requirement shall be monitored
in the same manner as the College of Law's substantial paper writing
requirement, with written evidence of completion provided by the Center
Fellow who supervises the writing to the Registrar of the College of
Law. A paper that satisfies a law journal writing requirement may also
be used to satisfy this writing requirement.
5. Advisors
Each student shall be assigned an advisor from the Center Fellows by
the Director or Executive Director shortly after the student applies
to the Certificate Program. The Director or Executive Director can revise
this assignment at a later time at the request of the student or the
advisor. Revisions will occur after consultations with the student,
the original advisor and the proposed successor advisor. It is likely
that the Writing Requirement will be satisfied under the direction of
the advisor.
Fourteen members of the College of Law faculty with scholarly interests
in the Law's relationship to scientific and technical fields (and also,
commonly, with scientific training that preceded their legal careers)
are Faculty Fellows of the Center.
Ira Mark Ellman
Joseph M. Feller
Robert A. Gorman
Betsy J. Grey
Owen D. Jones
Dennis S. Karjala
David H. Kaye
Gary E. Marchant
Jonathan Rose
Michael Saks
Ann M. Stanton
Daniel S. Strouse
Patricia D. White
Laurence H. Winer
There are no special fees or charges for admission to or completion of the Graduate Certificate Program. Students admitted to the Program pay tuition and other fees to the College of Law and those charges encompass the course work and other requirements of the Program.
