Learning Objectives
Students will develop an understanding of the law within their chosen field while simultaneously gaining a fluency in the principles and modes of analysis that will complement their existing professional knowledge and experience. The program will allow students to develop necessary core competencies, such as:
- An ability to recognize and understand the legal regimes and structures that regulate or otherwise affect their professional roles;
- A capacity to read and understand legal documents, including contracts, judicial opinions, statutes, regulations, executive orders, legislative commentaries, and legal opinion letters;
- An ability to identify the legal context for effectuating policy, and thus to recognize and better appreciate the legal risks that may affect decision-making in public and private organizations;
- An understanding of major modes of dispute avoidance and resolution, including negotiation, private settlement, mediation, arbitration, and litigation;
- The ability to conduct basic legal research and draft documents for internal use; and
- The ability to assess more effectively when legal issues require or justify the engagement of legal professionals and the ability to communicate more effectively with those professionals in identifying and evaluating the range of options appropriate to specific circumstances.
Faculty
Courses are taught by a mixture of Maryland Carey Law faculty members and substantive experts from government agencies, the judiciary, and the practicing bar. The foundational and survey courses will mainly be taught by faculty members, while the specialty seminars and capstone courses will be taught by experienced practitioners in the relevant field.
Class Schedule
Courses in the online Master's programs (Health Care Law, Cybersecurity Law and Homeland Security and Crisis Management Law) are all offered asynchronously online, and follow the MS in Law online academic calendar. This means that there is no “set” class schedule. However, you can expect that professors will interact with you weekly, and you will be required to complete modules within set timeframes. Also, students are expected to interact with the instructor throughout each course, including group breakout sessions, the posting of questions and commentary via discussion boards, module assessments and quizzes, multiple choice polling, requesting short answer responses via submissions, chat rooms, office hours, or postings, video simulations, and other means. Attendance is tracked automatically each time you log into your course, and the system also tracks all submitted work.