Cyberlaw Clinic Newsfeed

Attention HLS Students: Winter/Spring Clinical Registration Takes Place This Week!

syoung — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Are you an HLS student interested in getting law school credit by working for real-world clients on cutting-edge legal issues that involve intellectual property, technology, and the Internet?

CMLP and Cyberlaw Clinic Endorse Anti-SLAPP Protection for Staff of Media and Advocacy Organizations

syoung — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:13:56 -0400

Via the Citizen Media Law Project:

CMLP and Cyberlaw Clinic Amicus Brief in the News

lkoss — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:19:43 -0400

In an editorial published earlier this week, the Nashua Telegraph highlighted an amicus brief (PDF) filed last month by Berkman’s Citizen Media Law Project

Berkman Team Submits Follow-Up to DMCA Exemption Request

lkoss — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:47:44 -0400

Berkman Student Fellow Christopher Soghoian, assisted by Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, recently submitted responses to questions from the U.S. Copyright Office regarding his Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) §1201 Exemption request.

Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic Urge NH Supreme Court to Defend First Amendment Rights of Mortgage Site

lkoss — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:06:30 -0400

Cambridge, MA - June 23, 2009 - The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP), assisted by Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, urged the New Hampshire Supreme Court to defend the First Amendment rights of a website that covers mortgage industry news.

First Cooley Fellow Named at Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic

syoung — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Palo Alto, Calif. - Cooley Godward Kronish LLP announced today that Dena Sacco, a former federal prosecutor, has been named the inaugural Cooley Fellow at the Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Cooley established the fellowship in February 2009, and will support the position for the next five years.

Unique Fall 2009 Cyberlaw Clinic & Winter 2010 Course Opportunity with Prof. Zittrain

lkoss — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:00:00 -0400

Professor Zittrain is soliciting applications from students interested in a fall placement at the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Center in conjunction with his winter-term 2010 "Cyberlaw: Difficult Problems" course. The course, which will be taught at Stanford Law School (HLS students will have air transportation and lodging in Silicon Valley provided during the January term), seeks to explore difficult problems in cyberlaw,

Harvard Team Advocates for DRM Exemption at Copyright Office DMCA Hearing

lkoss — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:32:21 -0400

Berkman Center Student Fellow Christopher Soghoian testified yesterday at a Copyright Office hearing in Washington, DC in support of his requests for exemptions from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) §1201's prohibition against circumventing technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Chris was represented at the hearing by Harvard third-year Cyberlaw Clinic student Arjun Mehra (pictured), who prepared and submitted the exemption requests with Chris in December 2008. Chris's testimony urged the Copyright Office to grant exemptions

HLS Students: Clinical Forum, Monday April 6th!

lkoss — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0400

Are you interested in getting law school credit by working for real-world clients on cutting-edge legal issues that involve intellectual property, technology, and the Internet? Come learn about the Cyberlaw Clinic during the HLS Clinical Forum, which takes place on Monday, April 6, 2009 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm on the First Floor of Austin Hall. Staff from the Clinic will be on hand to answer questions and provide details about their work.

Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic Lead Amicus Effort Promoting Rights of Anonymous Online Speakers in IL

syoung — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Cambridge, MA - In a case involving important First Amendment rights, the Citizen Media Law Project ("CMLP") joined a number of media and advocacy organizations, including Gannett Co., Inc., Hearst Corporation, Illinois Press Association, Online News Association, Public Citizen, Reporters Committee for Freedom o