Bradley Abruzzi

Brad Abruzzi is an Associate Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at Harvard University. Brad graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2001, where he served as Executive Editor of the Harvard Law Review.

A former law clerk to The Honorable Nancy Gertner in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Brad joined the Harvard OGC in 2005. At Harvard Brad maintains a vibrant practice advising University clients on copyright, information law, privacy, and publication tort matters.

Although Brad’s primary focus at Berkman is on uncertainty in copyright law and its implications for free speech and online self-publication, at present he is drafting an article that questions the legal basis for the Supreme Court’s emerging doctrine of deferential review of congressional enactments under the Constitution’s “Intellectual Property Clause.” Brad is also interested in exploring the extent to which provisions of state law may protect online expression from private censors.

Brad also holds M.A. (New York University, 1998) and A.B. (Princeton University, 1995) degrees in English literature.

Publications:
• Article, Copyright and the Vagueness Doctrine, 45 U. MICH. J.L. REFORM (forthcoming 2012).
• Article, Copyright, Free Expression, and the Enforceability of “Personal Use-Only” and Other Use-Restrictive TOU, 26 SANTA CLARA COMPUTER & HIGH TECH. L.J. 85 (2010).
• Chapter, Legal Issues in Higher Education Admissions, MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LAW MANUAL (2009).
• Note, Exploitative Publishers, Untrustworthy Systems, and the Dream of a Digital Revolution for Artists, 114 HARV. L. REV. 2438 (2001).
• Recent Case, State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward, 113 HARV. L. REV. 804 (2000).