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Looking Back at 2019-20, The Cyberlaw Clinic’s 20th Anniversary Year
When the Cyberlaw Clinic was founded at Harvard Law School during the 1999-2000 academic year, the law was evolving to accommodate rapidly-developing technologies that facilitated communication and interaction with content […]
SCOTUS Rules No Copyright in Official Annotated State Code
We’re pleased to report that the United States Supreme Court has sided with Public.Resource.org and held that the Official Code of Georgia Annotated is ineligible for copyright protection. The Cyberlaw […]
Cyberlaw Clinic, Researchers File Comment re: OMB AI Draft Memo
On Friday, March 13th, the Cyberlaw Clinic and a team of researchers based at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society filed an administrative comment addressing the United States […]
Cyberlaw Clinic, Law Profs Support Warhol Estate w/Amicus Brief in Copyright Case
On Friday, February 28, 2020, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus curiae brief (.pdf) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of a group […]
Cyberlaw Instructors File Comment in WIPO AI and IP Debate
Artificial intelligence is making real waves. With machine-learning programs teaching themselves to walk, beating humans at their own games, and even generating convincing Rembrandt lookalikes, law and policymakers are looking […]
Clinic Provides Legal Support for Housing Navigator Project
This fall semester, the Cyberlaw Clinic provided legal support for the initiative to create what has been dubbed the “Housing Navigator” — an online one-stop shop that will allow Massachusetts […]
Apply! Summer Internship 2020
The Cyberlaw Clinic is hiring summer interns for 2020! Current U.S. JD candidates with an interest in the intersection of tech, law, and social justice are invited to join our […]
Clinic Files Law Scholar Briefs, Supporting Public.Resource.Org
On Friday, November 22, 2019, the Cyberlaw Clinic and local counsel Marcia Hofmann filed amicus briefs in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in two related […]
Clinic Works w/R Street Institute on PTO Comment re: AI Inventions
The Cyberlaw Clinic recently submitted a comment in response to a request from the United States Patent and Trademark Office about the patentability of artificial intelligence (“AI”) inventions. The comment […]
We’re Hiring: Calling Public Interest Attorneys Interested in Tech!
The Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is seeking a Clinical Instructor to join our team. We’re particularly excited, given the ever-expanding […]
Clinic Contributes to SCOTUS Patent Brief Re: Pharma Prices and Access to Medical Treatments
The Cyberlaw Clinic contributed to an amicus brief recently filed in the United States Supreme Court, in the case of Medtronic, Inc. v. Mark A. Barry, M.D., No. 19-414. The case is on petition […]
Clinic Teams w/Cathy O’Neil for HUD Comment re: Algorithmic Discrimination
We’re big fans of Cathy O’Neil’s work here in the Cyberlaw Clinic, and it was a real pleasure and honor to get to collaborate with her on a comment (pdf) […]
Clinic Files SCOTUS Brief w/Caselaw Access Project, Arguing for Unburdened Access to Law
This week, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (pdf) in the United States Supreme Court in the case, Georgia, et. al v. Public.Resource.Org Inc, No. 18-1150. The Clinic filed the brief on […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Files Amicus Brief Arguing Dr. Seuss/Star Trek Mash-Up Is Fair Use
The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus curiae brief (.pdf) last week in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. ComicMix, on behalf […]
MA Legislature Considers Proposals to Study Use of Algorithms in Government
Attorneys at the HLS Cyberlaw Clinic joined representatives from the ACLU of Massachusetts, MIT researchers, and a number of technology experts and policy advocates in calling for the creation of a a Massachusetts […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Announces Launch of New First Amendment Fellowship Program
The Cyberlaw Clinic, in partnership with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, is proud to announce the launch of the Initiative for a Representative […]
Jack & Yaya Documentary to Screen in Massachusetts at the Brattle Theatre
Next week, Cambridge’s own Brattle Theatre will be screening Jack & Yaya, an extraordinary documentary for which the Cyberlaw Clinic was delighted to provide legal guidance. Produced and directed by […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Style Guide
Since 2018, the Cyberlaw Clinic has had an internal style guide, to ensure consistency across our publications and assist students’ development of strong legal writing skills. As we drafted it, […]
Introducing the Principled Artificial Intelligence Project
Alongside the rapid development of artificial intelligence, we’ve seen a proliferation of AI “principles,” or guidelines for how AI should be built and used. Governments, companies, advocacy groups, and multi-stakeholder […]