field of study:

Law in IT

field of study information

faculty Faculty of Law and Administration

studies second-cycle studies

main language Polish

duration2 years

Studies mode part-time studies
(admissions closed)

Admissions closed

Major description

Partnerzy specjalności

Partners

Law in IT is a course for people who work or intend to start working with entities in the broadly defined IT (Information Technology) sector.

Today, in the business world, it is impossible to function and compete efficiently without the use of increasingly complex ICT solutions. It is necessary to have access not only to adequate hardware resources, but also to a pool of IT specialists with technical and legal training. Knowledge of separate legal solutions and normative acts designed for the IT sector (e.g., conducting commercial transactions remotely) is highly valued in today's labor market. In particular, the sector of remote sales of services and products and the Internet of Things in the broadest sense are areas of modern economies that are developing extremely rapidly.

The study program emphasizes the training of specialists in the high-tech sector, especially telecommunications entrepreneurs, software houses, startups and companies investing in software.

As a student of Law in IT:

you will gain knowledge from the best lecturers of practitioners with many years of experience in the IT industry (we are taught by prominent lawyers who are practitioners, but also by IT experts well-known in the market);
through practical classes and case studies you will analyze IT contracts, and learn how to draft and negotiate contracts related to the creation, development, turnover, maintenance of software;
IT workshops will help you understand the legal aspects of the IT industry;
you will learn about the telecommunications industry, the operation and regulation of the telecommunications market and the activities of electronic communications entrepreneurs;
you will become familiar with the activities of the regulatory bodies of this market, e.g., the Office of Electronic Communications;
you will learn about the functioning of Cloud Computing and legal services in this area;
you will get acquainted not only with the legal aspects of new technologies, but also intellectual property, both in companies that create and procure software;
you will master IT solutions, in particular blockchain, AI, BIG DATA, open source and open content licenses.

Part-time studies programme

Career

legal departments of IT entrepreneurs
regulatory departments of the IT industry
departments of market regulators, such as those at the Office of Electronic Communications
departments and units of enterprises in the electronic communications industry
enterprises in the IT industry that provide services and sell IT products
own business activities in the IT market
own legal or regulatory activities in the IT market, supporting entrepreneurs in the industry