Individual Course

CS50 for Lawyers

Course Length

10 weeks

3-6 hours a week

Featuring faculty from:

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Certificate Price:

$ 299

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This course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students).

This course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students). Whereas CS50 itself takes a bottom-up approach, emphasizing mastery of low-level concepts and implementation details thereof, this course takes a top-down approach, emphasizing mastery of high-level concepts and design decisions related thereto. Ultimately, it equips students with a deeper understanding of the legal implications of technological decisions made by clients.

Through a mix of technical instruction and discussion of case studies, this course empowers students to be informed contributors to technology-driven conversations. In addition, it prepares students to formulate technology-informed legal arguments and opinions. Along the way, it equips students with hands-on experience with Python and SQL, languages via which they can mine data for answers themselves.

Topics include algorithms, cloud computing, databases, networking, privacy, programming, scalability, security, and more, with a particular emphasis on understanding how the work developers do and the technological solutions they employ may impact clients. Students emerge from this course with first-hand appreciation of how it all works and all the more confident in the factors that should guide their decision-making.

The course will be delivered via edX and connect learners around the world.

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Learning Outcome

Cloud Computing, Web Programming, Database Design, and Cybersecurity

Learning Outcome

Computational Thinking, Programming Languages, Algorithms, Data Structures, CryptographyCybersecurity, and Internet Technologies

Learning Outcome

Challenges at the Intersection of Law and Technology

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Faculty

Your Instructor

Doug Lloyd

Senior Preceptor in Computer Science, Harvard University

Your Instructor

David J. Malan

Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Harvard University

David J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Harvard University in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as well as a Member of the Faculty of Education in the Graduate School of Education. He teaches Computer Science 50, otherwise known as CS50, which is among Harvard University's largest courses, one of Yale University's largest courses, and edX's largest MOOC. He also teaches at Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Extension School, and Harvard Summer School.

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