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The Cyberlaw Clinic is pleased to report that earlier today the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General released its internal audit of the FBI’s use of Section 215 of […]

The Ninth Circuit issued its long-awaited en banc opinion in the case, Garcia v. Google, this week, and the decision is generally a big win for advocates of free speech.  A […]

Yesterday was a busy day before the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts (SJC), as the Court heard arguments in Commonwealth v. Estabrook and Commonwealth v. Lucas. The Cyberlaw Clinic filed amicus […]

Spring 2015 Cyberlaw Clinic students Jack Xu and Cecillia Xie joined the Clinic’s Managing Director Chris Bavitz on a trip to Seattle last month to participate in the WeRobot 2015 robotics law […]

I attended a fantastic event last week, hosted by the Clinic’s good friend (and soon-to-be colleague) Susan Crawford at Columbia University‘s Tow Center For Digital Journalism. The event followed a series of workshops […]

On Tuesday, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (PDF) in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on behalf of the New England First Amendment Coalition, Boston Globe Media Partners, […]

I wrote a guest post over at the HLS Admissions Office blog, highlighting just some of the great programs and initiatives going on at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. […]

We at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society — and, in particular, here at the Cyberlaw Clinic — are thrilled to share today’s announcement from our friends and frequent collaborators […]

As we reported way back in October 2013, the Cyberlaw Clinic was pleased to support the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its challenge to the so-called “podcasting patent,” claimed by Personal Audio […]

Harvard Law School 1Ls and 2Ls should note that registration for HLS clinics during the 2015-16 academic year takes place on Wednesday April 1st and Thursday April 2nd. Details are […]

Today marks the beginning of Fair Use Week, a celebration of the doctrine of fair use in copyright law. Fair use allows a judge to decide – using a set […]

The Clinic is pleased to have played a role in preparing a far-reaching new report released by the Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society […]

On Friday, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed a comment on behalf of a coalition of medical device researchers in the Library of Congress’s triennial rulemaking regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s […]

The team at the Cyberlaw Clinic could not be more excited about the news that our friend and Berkman Center Faculty Director Susan Crawford is joining the faculty of Harvard […]

Harvard students should be aware that the application deadline for the Deans’ Food System Challenge at the Harvard Innovation Lab is fast approaching. Interested teams must submit their applications by […]

Overview The Cyberlaw Clinic began in 1999, with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s announcement of a new “Clinical Research Program.” As the program heads into its sixteenth year, we […]

On Friday the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus letter (PDF) on behalf of Global Voices Advocacy and the Media Legal Defence Initiative on an important case concerning anti-SLAPP law in […]

“Bitcoin” and “law.” At first glance, the two concepts seem unlikely to appear together in a sentence, unless that sentence is “bitcoin exists outside the law” or “bitcoin was used […]

To be in Boston on Thursday, October 30th was to be in mourning for the Mayor who led the City on the Hill for two decades, Thomas Menino. As Boston’s […]