Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic offers pro bono legal services at the intersection of technology and social justice.
The Clinic — founded at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society — was the first of its kind, and it continues its tradition of innovation in its areas of practice. The Clinic strives to center clients in its legal work, helping them to achieve success as they define it, mindful of (and in response to) existing law. Students who enroll and participate in the Cyberlaw Clinic prepare for practice by working on real-world client counseling, advocacy, litigation, and transactional projects.
Technology supports most human endeavors and, as a result, offers both significant benefits and real, lasting harms. Therefore, the Cyberlaw Clinic’s work, teaching activities, and client selection decisions are animated by its core values. The Clinic balances its legal service mission with a mission to teach law students, and education and pedagogy are at the heart of the Clinic’s day-to-day operations.
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HLS Students: Enroll in the Cyberlaw Clinic for Fall 2024 or Spring 2025!
Attention Harvard Law School 1Ls and 2Ls: clinical registration for the 2024-25 academic year takes place Tuesday, March 26, 2024, through Thursday, March 28, 2024! 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…
Clinic Supports Finale Doshi-Velez, Elena L. Glassman in Submitting AI Comment to NIST
The Cyberlaw Clinic worked with Harvard computer science professors Finale Doshi-Velez and Elena L. Glassman to prepare and submit an administrative comment to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”). NIST requested information to help it carry out its responsibilities under President Biden’s Executive order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of…
Clinic Represents SPN and LCA in 1201 Rulemaking to Reduce Barriers to Software Preservation
In December 2023—continuing from advocacy in 2017 and 2020—the Cyberlaw Clinic, on behalf of the Software Preservation Network (SPN) and Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), sought to expand existing exemptions to allow for eligible memory institutions to provide remote access to out-of-commerce software and video games for qualifying preservation, research, and teaching purposes.
Cyberlaw Clinic Files Amicus Brief for Creators and Arts Orgs, Emphasizing Speech Protections for Artists
Last month, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief in Hermès International v. Rothschild in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, on behalf of individual artists, creators, and arts and cultural organizations that represent the interests of creators. The brief supports an appeal by digital artist Mason Rothschild, who was sued…