Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law Graduate Programs

Protect Innovation. Technological innovation drives today’s economy and transforms our lives. Lawyers make this progress possible by protecting inventors and creators and ensuring that they share in the benefit of their innovations. MSU’s Intellectual Property, Information, and Communications Law (IPIC), one of the best programs in the country, trains lawyers to play this pivotal role in our information economy.

Our IPIC faculty are leaders in intellectual property law, and they bring their scholarship and hands-on experience into the classroom. Students engage with cutting-edge research in patent, copyright, trademark, internet law, international IP, and informatics. Our capstone seminar series allows IPIC’s best students to interact with leading IP scholars and practitioners, and our topical lecture series brings speakers from all over the world to campus.

Michigan State University’s position as a global leader in the sciences connects MSU Law students with up-to-the-minute developments in engineering, computer science, agriculture, and communications — as well as University efforts to encourage and protect its own innovations. This collaboration provides our students with a unique interdisciplinary perspective to their legal studies and enhances the value of an IPIC education.

Michigan State University College of Law attracts a talented group of students from all over the country (and the world), and positions them for success through our dynamic programming and supportive faculty.

Spartan lawyers graduate with a powerful set of legal skills and a genuine willingness to work together.

You’ll find MSU Law grads serving their clients in every type of legal practice, from private firms to Fortune 100 companies to global nonprofits to government agencies. MSU Law alumni practice law in all 50 states, and all over the world.

The MSU Law experience is characterized by an open, collaborative environment, a wide range of hands-on learning opportunities, and an exceptional curriculum.