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 Clinic Testifies Before Copyright Office in DMCA Hearings
This week, the Copyright Office held hearings on exemptions to §1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This semester, clinical students Farha Hanif and Isabelle Pride drafted and filed a reply to the opposition. Clinical students Farha Hanif and Isabelle Pride and clinical instructor Wendy Chu were also heavily involved in preparing witnesses for this week’s public hearings. Kendra Albert, a clinical instructor, supervised the work product both semesters and, on Thursday, appeared before the Copyright Office to testify on behalf of SPN.
Cyberlaw Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of New York Times, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press Supporting Access to Agency Rulemaking Materials
This month, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief in Public.Resource.Org v. Federal Communication Commission in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on behalf of news organizations. The brief supports an appeal by Public.Resource.Org, which is challenging the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC’s) compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act for…
Clinic Represents BKC Researchers, Joins Advocates in Racial Profiling Case
Yesterday, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“SJC”) in Commonwealth v. Dilworth (SJC-13547). The Clinic represented Berkman Klein affiliates Michael Bennett and Zahra Stardust, who were joined on the brief by the ACLU of Massachusetts and the Innocence Project. The brief supports defendant-appellee Richard Dilworth, Jr., who…
District Court Rules In Favor of Free Speech and Against X Corp in Case with Cyberlaw Clinic Amicus Brief
An amicus brief authored by the Cyberlaw Clinic students and staff on behalf of the Public Participation Project was cited by Judge Breyer of N.D. Cal. in support of the court’s decision to grant a non-profit’s s motion to dismiss claims by X Corp.