Space & Telecom Law

The First LL.M. of its Kind in the U.S.

Welcome to the University of Nebraska College of Law’s Space and Telecommunications Law Program! Our LL.M. degree is the first of its kind in the United States and the only degree of its kind in the world taught in English. We have an outstanding faculty, including Professor Frans von der Dunk and Professor Marvin Ammori, to teach you these "new frontier" areas of the law and other related topics too. We draw speakers from the Air Force, NASA, Federal Communications Commission, White House, DirecTV, US Strategic Command, Washington, D.C. law firm practice, academia, SpaceX, Clearwire, Skype, Virgin Galactic, and Boeing and many other companies and organizations to our conferences. Our library and classrooms are recently remodeled. We have a superb and welcoming staff. Please explore our web site and be sure to contact us to let us know of your interest in our LL.M. degree, our other degrees, or our conferences.

Best regards,

Professor Matt Schaefer
Director, Space and Telecom Law Program

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November 19, 2009 Cyber Security broadcast will occur at 2:30 today in the Courtroom. There will be a live link via Skype to the Space and Telecommunications Law conference taking place in Washington D.C. this week. This broadcast will occur at 2:30 today in the Courtroom. Featured will be the Cyber Security Panel including these participants: 1. Maeve Dion, Program Manager for Cyber & Education, Center for Infrastructure Protection, George Mason U. School of Law 2. Daniel J. Weitzner, Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy Analysis and Development, National Telecommunications and Information Administration 3. Derek Jinks, Charles H. Stockton Chair of International Law, U.S. Naval War College, Center for Naval Warfare Studies 4. Lauri Allman, former Undersecretary of Defense for Estonia (head legal advisor to the government during their 2007 incident, helped set up the NATO-accredited Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn) 5. Vicki Belleau, Major, US Air Force, 24th Air Force, UNL Space and Telecom LL.M. Graduate
November 16, 2009 Second Annual Space and Telecommunications Law Conference in Washington D.C. on Nov. 19-20, 2009. You are invited to attend the University of Nebraska College of Law's Second Annual Space and Telecommunications Law Conference to take place in Washington D.C. on November 19-20, 2009. The conference, supported by the American Branch of the International Law Association, will cover "Space, Telecommunications, and Cyber Law in the Transatlantic Arena: Comparison, Competition, and Cooperation." The first day of the conference (Nov. 19) will focus on telecommunications law issues and will feature speakers such as Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation in the office of Secretary Clinton, Andrew McLaughlin, Deputy Chief of the Technology Office for Policy at the White House, and David Vladeck, Director of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, among others. The second day of the conference (Nov. 20) will focus on space law and will include speakers such as Alan Ladwig, Senior Advisory to the Administrator at NASA, Dick Obermann, Director of the House Subcommittee on Space-invited, and Brian Nilsson, Director of Non-Proliferation at the National Security Council among several others. This conference will be held at the Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue in Washington, D.C.. Registration is limited and you can register for either one or both days of the conference. You can register at https://scsapps.unl.edu/ConferenceRegistration/Registration.aspx?conferenceID=99.
November 9, 2009 Presentation by Matt Ruane this Thursday, November 12 Please join the Space Law program and International Law Students Association for lunch and a presentation by Matt Ruane this Thursday, November 12 over the noon hour (room tbd). Matt Ruane is a UNL Law College Alum and currently works for Boeing doing Government Contracts law. Prior to Boeing, he was in the Air Force. Lunch will be provided to those who rsvp to me (msalter@huskers.unl.edu) before 1:00 pm on Tuesday. As always, those who don't rsvp are welcome to attend, but are not guaranteed lunch.
October 27, 2009 Third Annual Space Law Conference to be held on Nov. 2, 2009.
October 6, 2009 Professor von der Dunk Receives Special Appointment from European Commission Professor von der Dunk Receives Special Appointment from European Commission Professor Frans von der Dunk was appointed as an expert to the Forum on GNSS Extra Contractual Liabilities by the European Commission. The Forum started its work with a meeting on September 15, 2009, and is charged to come up with recommendations as to how liabilities for GNSS operations, applications and down-stream services should be handled within Europe, taking the existing liability regimes into consideration.