The Master's program Digital Law prepares the most sought-after lawyers for the digital economy. Studying on an educational program provides for a balance between compulsory disciplines that provide the minimum necessary set of skills for subsequent professional activities, as well as ample opportunities for individualizing the educational process, taking into account the interests of students through optional disciplines.

The teaching staff of the master's program includes leading lawyers of IT and telecom companies (IBM, Yandex, Avito, Megafon, MTS, etc.), partners and lawyers of leading law firms, as well as representatives of government agencies, many of whom directly influence the formation of regulatory trends in areas of IP / IT and digital platforms. In this regard, the main goal of the educational process is not the mechanical memorization of the provisions of the current legislation, but the endowment of the student with the necessary tools that will help him to effectively solve the problems that arise in practice, taking into account the constantly changing legislation.

In the course of research seminars and project work, which involve practitioners from the best-employing companies, there are opportunities for networking and establishing useful contacts. Thus, the student can begin to interact with representatives of a number of such employing companies without waiting for formal graduation from the Program.

The Academic Supervisor of the Master's program "Digital Law" is Aleksandr Saveliev, Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics, Senior Associate at IBM Eastern Europe / Asia, Member of the Advisory Board under Roskomnadzor, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Legal Support of the Digital Economy of the Ministry of Defense of the Association lawyers of Russia.

The Digital Law program prepares graduates for the successful fulfillment of professional tasks and career growth in various fields of activity related to information technology and digitalization, including:

• in commercial organizations of various directions: Internet services, organizations related to the development and distribution of software and technologies, organizations of the banking sector, e-commerce, etc.,
• in state bodies and local self-government bodies,
• in analytical bodies, both governmental and commercial non-governmental (including analytical departments of large commercial companies, banks, business associations, mass media, etc.)

The Master's program Digital Law consists of two trajectories (tracks):

Track 1 "Law of Information Technology and Intellectual Property" and

Track 2 “The Right of Digital Platforms”.

The academic mentor of Track 1 is Irina Aleksandrovna Shurmina, senior lawyer in the intellectual property practice of the international consulting company CMS Russia.

Academic mentors of Track 2 are Tatyana Valerievna Voitas, Deputy Director for Legal Affairs of Avito and Roman Krupenin, Head of Legal Practice in Technology, Distribution, Mergers and Acquisitions at Yandex.

Each track of the Master's program "Digital Law" consists of a set of compulsory courses and elective courses (optional part).

The compulsory disciplines of Track 1 "Law of Information Technology and Intellectual Property" include:

• Intellectual property law
• Seminar of the mentor of the trajectory "Law of Information Technology and Intellectual Property"
• E-commerce law
• Legal aspects of processing and circulation of personal data in the digital economy
• Information law
• Telecommunications and Media Law
• Acquisition of information technology assets
• Research Seminar "Introduction to Modern Information Technologies for Lawyers"
• Research Seminar "Law in the Entertainment Industry"

The elective disciplines of Track 1 "Law of Information Technology and Intellectual Property" include the following courses:

• Contractual and legal aspects of software commercialization
• International copyright
• Digital transformation of state and law
• Internet Governance
• Antitrust Regulation in the New Economy
• Advertising law
• Taxation in the digital environment
• Research seminar "Investments in the IT-sphere"
• Research Seminar "Legal Design"

The compulsory disciplines of Track 2 "The Law of Digital Platforms" include:

• Digital Platform Law
• Seminar of the mentor of the trajectory "Digital Platforms Law"
• Electronic commerce law
• Legal aspects of the processing and circulation of personal data in the digital economy
• Protection of intellectual property rights in the digital environment
• Legal regulation of artificial intelligence
• Fintech legal regulation
• Research Seminar "Financial and Investment Platforms"
• Research Seminar "Digital Platforms: Business and Law".

The disciplines for the choice of Track 2 "Law of Digital Platforms" include the following courses:

• Acquisition of information technology assets
• Platforms as intermediaries: intellectual property issues (in English)
• Digital transformation of state and law
• Internet Governance
• Antitrust Regulation in the New Economy
• Advertising law
• Taxation in the digital environment
• Research seminar "Investments in the IT-sphere"
• Research Seminar "Legal Design"

In addition to elective courses stipulated by the curriculum of the Master's program in Digital Law, a student has the right to choose an elective course from the general university elective courses and electives in accordance with the applicable internal regulations of the Higher School of Economics. At the same time, any academic disciplines and electives offered for choice to students may have prerequisites and must have restrictions on the format of implementation (language, campus, level of education, direction of training and / or EP and / or OT, audience coverage, distance technologies used, source funding and others), which are reflected in the curriculum of the academic discipline.

One of the modules of the variable part of the Master's program "Digital Law" is the "MAGOLEGO" module, which includes disciplines chosen by the student from the entire pool of disciplines available for choice in the Master's program, without restrictions in the direction of training. Within the framework of this module, the student is guided by the achievement of his individual educational goals and can choose disciplines that compensate for the shortcomings of previous education from the general pool of disciplines offered for undergraduate and graduate programs. This choice is made in accordance with the applicable internal regulations of the Higher School of Economics.

The curriculum of the Master's program "Digital Law" provides for a number of elements of training practice, expressed in project activities (preparation of scientific articles, recommendations to external customers on specific legal situations, methodologies for assessing legal risks), as well as the preparation of final qualification work.

До 15 сентября каждый студент 1 курса обязан осуществить выбор одного из треков по результатам консультаций в рамках семинара Наставника. Они помогут выбрать студенту Трек, наиболее близкий с учетом его интересов и целей. Выбор фиксируется в информационных системах ВШЭ и не подлежит изменению.

Выбор трека осуществляется посредством направления студентом электронного письма со своего адреса электронной почты НИУ ВШЭ в адрес руководителя соответствующего трека, академического руководителя программы и менеджера программы. Студенты, не направившие указанное письмо в установленные сроки, распределяются на соответствующий трек по усмотрению академического руководителя.

В рамках каждого Трека предусмотрены различные дисциплины по выбору, а также возможности выбора дисциплин из общеуниверситетского пула. Кроме того, существует возможность реализации своих интересов посредством проектной работы и хакатонов. Выбор вариативной части осуществляется в соответствии с Положениями в сроки определенные локальными нормативными актами ВШЭ.

This degree programme of HSE University is adapted for students with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. Special assistive technology and teaching aids are used for collective and individual learning of students with SEN and disabilities. The specific adaptive features of the programme are listed in each subject's full syllabus and are available to students through the online Learning Management System.

All documents of the degree programme are stored electronically on this website. Curricula, calendar plans, and syllabi are developed and approved electronically in corporate information systems. Their current versions are automatically published on the website of the degree programme. Up-to-date teaching and learning guides, assessment tools, and other relevant documents are stored on the website of the degree programme in accordance with the local regulatory acts of HSE University.

I hereby confirm that the degree programme documents posted on this website are fully up-to-date.

Vice Rector Sergey Yu. Roshchin

Summary of Degree Programme 'Digital Law '