Clinical enrollment for the Fall 2013 and Winter and Spring 2014 terms opens Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 9:00 am and closes Friday, April 5, 2013 at 12:00 pm. More details about clinical registration from the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs is available here. Students wishing to enroll in the Cyberlaw Clinic must take any one of several HLS courses prior to or concurrently with their enrollment. The list of courses for 2013-2014 is still being finalized, but the following are confirmed:
- Communications and Internet Law and Policy;
- Controlling Cyberspace;
- Copyright;
- Cybercrime;
- Cyberlaw and Intellectual Property: Advanced Problem Solving Workshop;
- Ideas for a Better Internet;
- Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment;
- Music and Digital Media;
- Practical Lawyering in Cyberspace; and
- Trademark.
Students should also feel free to contact the Cyberlaw Clinic staff with any questions:
- Phil Malone, Director – pmalone@cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Chris Bavitz, Ass’t Director – cbavitz@cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Dalia Topelson, Clinical Instructor – dtopelson@cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Kit Walsh, Clinical Instructional Fellow – cwalsh@cyber.law.harvard.edu
The Cyberlaw Clinic, based at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, engages Harvard Law School students in a wide range of real-world litigation, licensing, client counseling, advocacy, and legislative projects and cases, covering a broad spectrum of Internet, new technology, and intellectual property legal issues. The Clinic was the first of its kind, and it continues its tradition of innovation in its areas of practice. Among many other areas, the scope of the Clinic’s work includes counseling and legal guidance regarding complex open access, digital copyright, and fair use issues; litigation, amicus filings, and other advocacy to protect online speech and anonymity; legal resources and advice for citizen journalists; licensing and contract advice, especially regarding Creative Commons and other “open” licenses; patent reexamination requests for overly broad technology patents; and guidance and amicus advocacy for effective but balanced protection of children in the areas of social networking, child pornography, and online exploitation.