TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION LAW PROGRAM
WELCOME!


Founded in 1990, the Technology Commercialization Law Program (“TCLP”) offers a course concentration within the
Syracuse University College of Law curriculum that provides an interdisciplinary and applied approach to the study of commercial development of new technologies. More than 250 law, business, and engineering graduates of the TCLP work with law firms, industry, tech transfer offices and government agencies throughout the United States and abroad.
The program is the creation of Professor
Ted Hagelin, B.S. Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, J.D., Temple University, LL.M., Harvard University, who also serves as the Director of the
New York State Science & Technology Law Center. Professor Hagelin is the author of
Technology Innovation Law and Practice: Cases and Materials (LexisNexis 2012). He, along with TCLP
faculty, oversee the
core curriculum as well as completion of detailed
research reports each semester. The research reports partner second and third year law students with entrepreneurs developing a technology for commercialization, and study the patent landscape, legal, market and regulatory issues relevant to the technology. Many of the students participating in the program have science and engineering backgrounds which contribute to their understanding of the commercialization process and issues.
Lawyers who have completed the Technology Commercialization Law Program are uniquely qualified to step into the world of Intellectual Property commercialization in the context of a law firm, corporation, university tech transfer office or government setting.
For additional information contact the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid by telephone at 315-443-1962 or by e-mail to admissions@law.syr.edu.