The Cyberlaw Clinic worked with the Public Interest Patent Law Institute (“PIPLI”) to file comments (.pdf) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, expressing PIPLI’s views on patents and […]| Cyberlaw Clinic
On Friday, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the case Commonwealth v. Thanh Du. The brief, filed on behalf of the Massachusetts […]| Cyberlaw Clinic
The Clinic is excited to announce the release of an update of A Researcher’s Guide to Some Legal Risks of Security Research (pdf), a guide authored by Sunoo Park and Kendra Albert, and co-published by the Cyberlaw Clinic, the Technology Law and Policy Clinic at NYU School of Law, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). | Cyberlaw Clinic
Yesterday, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“SJC”) in Commonwealth v. Dilworth (SJC-13547). The Clinic represented Berkman Klein affiliates Michael Bennett and Zahra Stardust, who were joined on the brief by the ACLU of Massachusetts and the Innocence Project. The brief supports defendant-appellee Richard Dilworth, Jr., who has raised claims of racial profiling in the Boston Police Department’s (“BPD”) use of social media ...| Cyberlaw Clinic
The Cyberlaw Clinic recently filed an amicus brief before the Eastern District of California in Kohls v. Bonta (2:24-cv-02527). The Clinic represented the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). The brief supports defendant Rob A. Bonta in his capacity as Attorney General of the state of California, who is defending California Assembly Bill 2839. AB 2839 prohibits the dissemination of deceptive and digitally altered media intended to influence an election for the 120 days before and 60 ...| Cyberlaw Clinic
This week, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“SJC”) in Commonwealth v. Rodriguez (SJC-13727). The Clinic represented the Innocence Project, the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law, and independent researcher Dr. Isadora Borges Monroy. The brief supports defendant-appellee Nathaniel Rodriguez, who objects to the Lowell Police Department’s use of racially-targeted police investigatory techniques on social media platf...| Cyberlaw Clinic
Attention Harvard Law School 1Ls and 2Ls: clinical registration for the 2025-26 academic year takes place Tuesday, April 1, 2025, through Thursday, April 3, 2025! If you are interested in gaining real-world experience with issues at the nexus of technology, law, policy, and social justice, we encourage to you to register for the Cyberlaw Clinic in fall 2025 or spring 2026. Detailed information about HLS clinics and clinical registration is available through the Clinical Registration Center, h...| Cyberlaw Clinic
In December, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (.pdf) on behalf of Authors Alliance in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth […]| Cyberlaw Clinic
We are delighted to kick things off at the Cyberlaw Clinic for 2025 by welcoming the newest member of our teaching team, Michael Rosenbloom! Michael joined us as a Clinical Instructor midway through the fall semester 2024, and he is now with us full-time supervising students on Clinic projects. Prior to joining the Clinic, Michael was the Teaching Fellow for the LL.M. Program in Law, Science and Technology at Stanford Law School and, before that, served as a Clinical Teaching Fellow working ...| Cyberlaw Clinic
Apply through our form here! The Cyberlaw Clinic is hiring summer interns for 2025! Current U.S. JD candidates with an interest in the intersection of tech, law, and social justice […]| Cyberlaw Clinic
Today, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“SJC”) issued a ruling in Commonwealth v. Dilworth (SJC-13547), holding that the Boston Police Department violated the law by refusing to turn over evidence of potential online racial profiling. The decision is welcomed by the Cyberlaw Clinic, which previously represented Berkman Klein affiliates Michael Bennett and Zahra Stardust, along with the ACLU of Massachusetts and the Innocence Project, on an amicus brief in the case.| Cyberlaw Clinic