Further education in computer criminal law // University of Oldenburg

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Analysing and solving legal problems on the Internet

The module covers national, European and international provisions of computer and internet criminal law as well as procedural and criminal procedure aspects. Computer criminal law covers the topics of fraud and computer fraud, forgery of documents on the computer, data modification and computer sabotage. Internet criminal law deals with illegal content, among other things. The module deals with pornography criminal law, copyright infringements and data protection criminal law. Challenges such as phishing, skimming, cyberstalking and cyberterrorism are also discussed.

Teachers

Prof Dr Marco Gercke

Director of the Cybercrime Research Institute

Profile and main areas of work

PD Dr Irini Vassilaki

Private lecturer, managing partner of the law firm "Vassilaki Rechtsanwälte LLP" in Athens and lecturer in the Master's programme "Information Law (LL.M.)" at the University of Oldenburg

Mentor

Dr Phillip Brunst

mentor

Profile and main areas of work

Your gain in expertise

After completing this module, you will have mastered the national, European and international legal foundations of computer and Internet criminal law.

You will be able to structure, analyse and appropriately solve new problems in computer and internet criminal law.

You will familiarise yourself with the core problems of the new area of law, the legal basis and the relevant case law.

With your understanding of the new challenges in the legal field, you will be able to work out the central basic problems.

Further education at a glance

University certificate

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS)

Dates

Coming soon

Time required and scope

8-10 hours per week, 10 credit points

Teaching format

Online plus two compact workshops at the weekend

Prerequisites

None

Costs

1,500 Euro plus university fee

Who is the programme aimed at?

You've come to the right place if you want to position yourself as a specialist in computer or internet criminal law or if you want to work as a consultant in the IT, telecommunications or media industry. The module is aimed at:

Lawyers
Business economists and business administrators
Computing scientists with legal knowledge

The programme can be taken as certified further education or as part of a part-time degree programme in information law. It concludes with a Certificate of Advanced Studies. If the admission requirements are met, the certificate is fully recognised for the Master's degree programme. So you can start your studies without enrolment!