George Mason's Intellectual Property (IP) Program is one of the strongest and most distinguished programs in the country. For over 15 years, George Mason has consistently been at the forefront of IP education. Stephen G. Kunin, Senior Counsel for Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., is the Director of the JD Program in Intellectual Property Law. Professor Bruce Kobayashi is the director of the LLM in Intellectual Property Program.

With our outstanding combination of intellectual property and technology law courses, distinguished adjunct faculty, and IP students working in the field, and our location adjacent to the Nation's Capital and within minutes of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the George Mason IP Program is second to none.

The Law School offers JD students an option to specialize in Intellectual Property Law through a speciality IP track which is the centerpiece of the IP curriculum and requires students to take approximately one-third of their credit hours in IP courses. The Law School also offers a Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degree in Intellectual Property which is designed for attorneys who intend to practice in the fields of patent, copyright, and trademark law.

The Law School

George Mason is one of the most innovative law schools in the country.  Its emphasis on IP, on technology law, on the legal application of economic tools and methods, and on the intensive development of legal research and writing skills have made George Mason the youngest school to enter the First Tier in the influential US News & World Report ranking of law schools.  In addition, George Mason's faculty ranks in the Top 25 for scholarly productivity and influence in University of Texas Professor Brian Leiter's recent study.

The law school is located in Arlington, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC, and within minutes of the Patent and Trademark Office.  This location gives students access to year-round employment opportunities in both Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia (the Internet capital of the world), allows the law school to maintain one of the best adjunct faculties in the country, and provides everyone at the law school with a diversity of cultural and social opportunities.

The law school is also home to the National Center for Technology and Law, a research center and think tank that examines the relationship of the existing legal framework to the rapidly evolving information-based economy.

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Last Updated: October 30, 2007