Juris Doctor - Intellectual Property and Technology Law

The Juris Doctor (J.D.) is a professional degree and the first degree required to practice law in the United States. At Temple, students can earn a J.D. in three years in the full-time division or in four years in the evening and part-time divisions. Temple's J.D. program delivers the knowledge, skills, experience, and professionalism necessary to excel at the practice of law. Litigation Basics and Introduction to Transactional Skills courses get students on their feet within a few weeks of the start of law school, while our highly regarded Legal Research and Writing program helps them develop the strong practice skills for which Temple graduates are well-known. Diverse doctrinal, experiential, and integrated courses, all led by accomplished faculty, ensure that every Temple student has access to a world-class legal education, no matter what his or her area of interest.

The study of Intellectual Property at Temple begins with Introduction to Intellectual Property. This course covers the broad outlines of patent, copyright, and trademark law (along with a fourth body of law, the law of trade secrets, which is a fascinating amalgam of intellectual property and tort law doctrines). It is designed both for students who plan to work in the IP field and for those who, though they have no plans to specialize in this area, want a basic knowledge of the general rules of IP. The second tier of IP courses consists, first, of specialized courses devoted to each of the three major subfields: Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks and Unfair Competition. In addition, this second tier includes a number of courses that cut across one or more of the boundaries between the IP subfields: International Intellectual Property, Entertainment Law, Business IP Planning and Intellectual Property Licensing Law.

All matriculants in the J.D. program must have earned a baccalaureate degree from an institution which is approved by one of the regional accrediting associations of the United States.
All applicants must provide transcripts from each graduate or professional school attended. Official transcripts of all graduate and professional school courses can be sent either to the Credential Assembly Service or directly to the Temple University Beasley School of Law Office of Admissions.
The minimum admissions standard for all graduate students is ordinarily an undergraduate grade point average of B or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or the functional equivalent for students who have attended universities outside of the United States.
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