LAW 759 Digital Forensics and Law (3 credits)

3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Taught: Variable, check w/ department
Historically, computer forensics is for IT-trained people while the “analytical legal thinking” would be reserved for those with a legal background. There is no reason why a law student cannot learn to speak both languages because there are many varied job opportunities for those, with a law degree, who is capable of leading digital investigations in public or private sectors.

This course will be structured with the expectation that the student has no IT experience and then ensure that the student becomes knowledgeable with the role of a forensics investigator, various tools in the field, the evidentiary concepts surroundings the legal proceedings of digital evidence, and the forensic implications of technologies that are emerging.