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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Cyberlaw and Election Law Clinics File Joint Comment on AI in Campaign Ads
The Cyberlaw Clinic and the Election Law Clinic have jointly submitted a response to the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) request for comments about Artificial Intelligence in Campaign Ads. In the comment, the Clinics urge the Commission to clarify the extent of its current statutory authority to regulate the use of AI in election campaigns and…
Sexual Health and Wellness Ads Face Discrimination: Clinic Client CIJ Urges the FTC to Take Action
The Cyberlaw Clinic was privileged to represent the Center for Intimacy Justice in a letter of complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), highlighting concerns about the discriminatory treatment of social media advertisements for sexual health and wellness products targeted at women and people of underrepresented genders, vis à vis those targeted at cis men. A level…
Beyond the FTC: The Future of Privacy Enforcement
On March 31 and April 1, 2023, the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology and the University of Iowa Innovation, Business, and Law Center hosted Beyond the FTC: The Future of Privacy Enforcement. The symposium, planned by a number of current and former Cyberlaw Clinic students, brought together legal and computer science scholars to discuss the limitations…
HLS Students: Enroll in the Cyberlaw Clinic for Fall 2023 or Spring 2024!
Attention Harvard Law School 1Ls and 2Ls: clinical registration for the 2023-24 academic year takes place Tuesday, March 28, 2023 through and Thursday March 30, 2023! If you are interested in exploring issues at the nexus of technology, law, policy, and social justice, while gaining real-world law practice experience, we strongly encourage to you to join us…