As we gear up for the fall semester, the Cyberlaw Clinic could not be more excited to welcome Alejandra Caraballo to the Clinic’s teaching team! Alejandra is a graduate of […]
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Clinic Files Technologists’ Brief in Ninth Circuit Scooter Privacy Case
Last week, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief in Sanchez v. Los Angeles Department of Transportation, a Ninth Circuit case about the reasonableness of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation […]
New Clinic Guide: How to Read a Docket
Update 8/9/2021: We have set up a permanent page where you can always find the latest version of the How to Read a Docket guide. As the Cyberlaw Clinic […]
Clinic Supports Engine Advocacy, Raising Concerns About Patent Doctrine of Assignor Estoppel
As the 2020-21 term at the Supreme Court winds to a close over the coming weeks, we are awaiting a decision in the case, Minerva v. Hologic (Supreme Court Case No. 20-440). […]
HLS 1Ls and 2Ls: Enroll in the Cyberlaw Clinic for AY 2021-22!
Harvard Law School students will soon have the opportunity to enroll in clinics for the 2021-22 academic year. We urge students to consider all of the extraordinary clinical programs at HLS, which cover a huge range of substantive issue […]
Clinic, SPN, and LCA Fight Digital Deterioration, Prepare for 1201 Hearings
This spring, the Cyberlaw Clinic is returning to the eighth triennial rulemaking proceeding under 17 U.S.C. 1201, which considers exemptions to the anti-circumvention provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Section 1201 of […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Works With TaSC to Submit UN Comment
On February 15, the Technology and Social Change Team at the Harvard Shorenstein Center (TaSC) submitted a comment drafted by the Cyberlaw Clinic to the UN Special Rapporteur on the […]
Victory for Transparency in Probabilistic Genotyping Case
A recent decision by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division held that the proprietary source code underlying DNA analysis software TrueAllele may be examined by an independent expert in advance of a hearing on admissibility. The opinion aligns with the position advocated by the Clinic […]
Lockdown and Shutdown: New White Paper Exposes the Impacts of Recent Recent Network Disruptions in Myanmar and Bangladesh
The Cyberlaw Clinic and International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School were proud to co-author a new white paper, Lockdown and Shutdown: Exposing the Impacts of Recent Network Disruptions in […]
Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Transparency in FOIA Case
Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a major victory for government transparency in Center for Investigative Reporting v. DOJ (pdf). An amicus brief […]
Access Denied: New White Paper on How US Copyright Policy Negatively Impacts Free Expression Worldwide
The Cyberlaw Clinic was proud to partner with Article 19 Mexico and Central America to author a new white paper, Access Denied: How Journalists and Civil Society Can Respond to […]
Apply! Summer Internship 2021
The Cyberlaw Clinic is hiring summer interns for 2021! Current U.S. JD candidates with an interest in the intersection of tech, law, and social justice are invited to join our dynamic […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Files SCOTUS Brief w/Engine Advocacy Supporting Review of Assignor Estoppel
The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief [.pdf] last week in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Engine Advocacy, supporting a petition for certiorari in a case that concerns the patent law doctrine of assignor estoppel. A panel of the United States […]
Cyberlaw and Immigration Clinics Team Up on DHS Comment
On October 13, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (“HIRC”) submitted a public comment drafted by the Cyberlaw Clinic regarding a rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) […]
Clinic Files FOIA Litigation On Behalf of PhD Student
On October 9, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed litigation under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) on behalf of client Martin Pfeiffer. Mr. Pfeiffer is a PhD student at the University […]
Cyberlaw Clinic and EFF publish Guide to Legal Risks of Security Research
We are excited to announce the release of A Researcher’s Guide to Some Legal Risks of Security Research (pdf), a report authored by Sunoo Park and Kendra Albert, and co-published […]
Clinic Files Brief for Upturn on Probabilistic Genotyping
The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (pdf) last week in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, on behalf of Upturn, Inc., a nonprofit organization that advocates for […]
AERA, Other SDOs, Drop Copyright Suit Against Public.Resource.org
Over the years, the Cyberlaw Clinic has taken an active interest in cases concerning attempts to use copyright claims to limit access to law. Many of these cases have involved […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Files Brief for HIRC on Device Searches at the Border
Last week, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (.pdf) in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Alasaad v. Wolf, Case Nos. 20-1077, 20-1081. The case addresses […]
230-esque Language in the USMCA: What Does It Mean for the US and Canada?
The Cyberlaw Clinic is excited to have collaborated with the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) to release a report today on the impact of the new […]