From 17 July to 11 August 2006, UCC's Faculty of Law, in co-operation
with Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire, are hosting the
second annual e-Law Summer Institute (eLSI). This year Irish
students are joined by students from Korea, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
and, of course, the USA. Staff from the Faculty of Law, UCC and
from Franklin Pierce Law Center are teaching on the programme.
The Institute, which is accredited by the American Bar Association,
focuses on the emerging policy and law of the information age and is
designed to be a critical learning experience for the lawyer of the
21st century, who must have a much greater understanding and
appreciation of the domestic and international aspects of this growing
and evolving body of law. Topics examined include:
regulation of the internet and cyber crime; protecting the online
consumer and the legal control of spam.
As well as addressing issues of law and policy of the information age,
the Institute is at the forefront in using information technology in
the delivery of its courses. For instance, students are provided
with CDs of reading materials in advance of classes. The
Institute also includes asynchronous teaching modules whereby
individual classes are pre-recorded and delivered on DVD or can be
downloaded by Vodcast for viewing on computer or Video iPod.
At a reception, sponsored by the Southern Law Association and the Law
Faculty at UCC, held to mark the second annual e-Law Institute, the
President of the Southern Law Association, Ms Sinead Behan, welcomed
the students to Cork and wished them well in their studies. The
Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Caroline Fennell said "the
Institute is one of a number of initiatives which places the Faculty at
the cutting edge in developing online legal resources and integrating
information technology into teaching and research programmes". The
reception was attended by a number of High Court judges, as well as
members of the local judiciary, the legal profession and the Law
Faculty.
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