Pierce-University College Cork e-Law Summer Institute (eLSI)
July 6-24, 2009
Curriculum
Comparative IP for the Information Age (1 cr.) (Crowley, Richey)
This course module will compare and contrast current developments in Intellectual Property in both the European Union and the United States that particularly relate to electronic commerce. Topics will include trademarks, copyrights and patents as well as current IP issues.
Comparative e-Commerce Law (1 cr.) (White, Murphy)
This course will examine various policies and laws that are emerging to regulate information age commercial transaction in the European Union and the United States. The course will compare and contrast EU and U.S. e-Commerce transactions, regulations directives, payment systems, liability concerns, and other current topics.
Current Issues in Cyberlaw (1 cr.) (Hedley, Richey)
This course will explore how the European Union and the United States legal systems treat the concepts of anonymity, defamation, hate speech, freedom of expression, and jurisdiction in the rapidly evolving Information Age society.
European Union Legal and Political Overview (1 cr.) (Walsh, Whelan)
This course will provide a foundation for understanding how the legal and political machinery of the European Union operates. Modules will include the EU Political System, the EU Legal System and a visit to the Cork Court.
Faculty
Professor of Law, William J. Murphy, Franklin Pierce Law Center
William J. Murphy is Professor of Law and Chair of Commerce and Technology Graduate Programs at Pierce Law, as well as the Pierce Law Co–Director of the eLaw Summer Institute. A Fulbright Scholar and former antitrust trial attorney for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., Professor Murphy has taught law, business, and management courses at Harvard, the University of Massachusetts and Dartmouth. Extensively published and an accomplished speaker, Professor Murphy currently teaches e–Commerce and the Law, Business Associations, and Antitrust Law.
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Susan Richey, Franklin Pierce Law Center
Professor Susan Richey is a former law firm principal and staff law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She has worked extensively in business–related dispute litigation, trademark and copyright issues, and advertising law compliance. She currently teaches Trademarks and Deceptive Practices, Federal Trademark Registration Practice, Copyright Law, Advertising Law, Infoliberties and Federal Courts.
Professor and Director of Patent Prosecution Program, Kevin J. Carroll, Franklin Pierce Law Center
Professor Carroll is the Director of the Patent Practice and Procedure Program at Pierce Law. As the Director of this unique program, Professor Carroll teaches both Patent Practice and Procedure I and II and oversees the instruction provided by the adjunct faculty members in the patent practice break–out sections. Professor Carroll is also a partner with the intellectual property law firm of Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC in Manchester, NH, where his practice focuses on patent prosecution, opinion work, licensing, and IP counseling.
Professor of Law, Lois R. Lupica, University of Maine School of Law
Professor Lupica is a business lawyer by training and experience. Following graduation from Boston University School of Law with high honors, she worked on domestic and international transactions at the law firms of Arnold & Porter and White & Case in New York City.
Fidelma White, University College Cork
A full–time Lecturer in Law at University College Cork, Fidelma White is the UCC Co–Director of the program. She currently teaches Commercial Law, Intro to Business Law and e–Commerce Law. A graduate with LL .M. degrees from both UCC and the London School of Economics, she has published extensively in the area of Commercial Law and is currently preparing articles on distance marketing and selling for Irish legal journals.
Darius Whelan, University College Cork
Dr. Darius Whelan is a full–time lecturer in the University College Cork Faculty of Law. He earned his Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin and has taught at Waterford Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology, Tallaght, and teaches courses in Commercial Law, Labor Law and Internet Regulation. He also taught Infoliberties at Franklin Pierce Law Center as an adjunct professor.
Declan Walsh, University College Cork
Declan Walsh is a full–time lecturer in the University College Cork Faculty of Law. A graduate of the University of Limerick and the London School of Economics, his areas of expertise are European Union Law and Comparative Competition Law. A regular contributor to both the Irish Times and the Irish Examiner on issues relating to European Union Law and Anti–trust Law, he has done extensive research on various European Union policies and activities and has been a member of the International Affairs Committee of the Labor Party since 1997.
Steve Hedley, University College Cork
Recently appointed as Professor of Law at University College Cork, Professor Hedley's areas of expertise are contracts and e–Commerce. He joined the UCC Faculty of Law in 2003 after 18 years at Cambridge in England. Extensively published, Professor Hedley has written textbooks on Tort and Restitution, among others, and runs a website on restitutionary issues.
Louise Crowley, University College Cork
Louise Crowley is a full–time Lecturer in Law at University College Cork. A UCC graduate, she qualified as a solicitor in 2000 before coming back to UCC to lecture. She introduced the Intellectual Property Law module which is part of the specialized UCC LL .M. in e–Law and Commercial Law. Her publications include articles on intellectual property law in the Irish Journal, Commercial Law Practitioner.
Gerard Murphy, University College Cork
Gerard Murphy is a graduate of UCC (B.C.L. 2000). In 2002 he completed an LL.M. at UCC, which included the Advanced Criminal Process (Clinical Programme). He also completed a dissertation entitled: "The Delayed Reporting of Childhood Sexual Abuse and the Implications for the Rights of an Accused in the Criminal Process." He was called to the Bar in 2004. From 2002 to 2004 he worked as a researcher for the Irish judiciary at the Four Courts and was editor of the Judicial Studies Institute Newsletter.
