Pace Law, Law 606B Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
Fall 2025
Weekly topics and reading
** This is a DRAFT and work in progress **
Your reading and research start point is my 2025 book Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems.
Your next steps are the book resources and cited materials working towards primary sources (statutes and cases).
Your further steps are wherever you decide, to build the knowledge and skills you will need as a lawyer and professional.
Introduction
The weekly reading links are laid out below. Do the reading before class meets so you can participate, share, and learn more. The syllabus and LMS are your main course resources for course instructions and requirements. This page is provided as a convenience.
Menu (jump links)
- Week 0 and course resources
- Week 1 - Course introduction - Cybercrime introduced
- Week 2 - Computers, networks, internet, digital forensics, cybersecurity
- Week 3 - Substantive criminal law, financial crimes, criminal speech
- Week 4 - Cybercrime investigations - the procedure - Nine Tools
- Week 5 - Nation-state cyber conflict and influence
- Week 6 - Civil cyber laws, breach notification, cybersecurity laws, privacy
- Week 7 - Cybercrime investigations - three sectors/perspectives
- Week 8 - Private entity investigations, law enforcement's investigation part 1
- Week 9 - Law enforcement's investigation part 2
- Week 10 - Financial investigation, money laundering, virtual currency, cryptocurrency, attribution
- Week 11 - Apprehension, litigation
- Week 12 - Attorney ethical duties for cybersecurity
- Week 13 - Addressing cybercrime properly, cyber compliance, catch-up, wrap up,
- Conclusion and main links
Week 0 and throughout - Course Materials
Important course materials and resources include:
- The learning management system (LMS) which includes
- Syllabus
- Welcome & orientation video ("Week 0 video")
- Announcements
- Assignments
- Discussion
- Course Resources
- Cyberlaw book
- Final paper project
- Everything (search my site)
- Factual nuggets and quiz study material: Start at Things to know and navigate to cyberlaw, cybersecurity, etc.
- YouTube videos on law, learning, and cyber that I am building out little by little and are publicly available, https://www.youtube.com/@johntbandler
- School specific resources (Pace Law)
Week 1 -
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class, skim any basic level materials which you have already mastered)
- Syllabus
- TBD
Reminder: An assignment and discussion this week
Week 2 - TBD
- TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Week 3 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Reminder: Paper topic assignment due Monday after class 3
Week 4 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Week 5 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Week 6 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Reminder: Paper outline assignment due Monday after class 6
Week 7 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Week 8 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Week 9 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Reminder: Recorded presentation due Monday after class 9
Week 10 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Week 11 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
- Final Paper Assignment, https://johnbandler.com/final-paper-assignment/
Week 12 - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Reminder: Final paper due Monday after class 12
Week 13 (last week) - TBD
Topics
- TBD
Reading (read before class)
- TBD
Conclusion and main links
Remember to consult the course syllabus and learning management system (LMS).
About the book
- Cyberlaw book landing page
- Cyberlaw book resources page
- Course Resources
- Everything (search the site)
This page is hosted at https://johnbandler.com/pl-law-606b-cybercrime-cybersecurity-2025-fall, copyright John Bandler, all rights reserved.
Originally posted 6/26/2025. Updated 6/26/2025.