Cyberlaw Clinic

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The Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society engages Harvard Law students in a wide range of real-world litigation, licensing, client counseling, advocacy, and legislative projects and cases, covering a broad spectrum of Internet, new technology, and intellectual property legal issues. Clients include individuals, small startups, nonprofit organizations, internal Berkman Center projects, groups of law professors, and government entities. The scope of the Clinic’s work includes counseling and legal guidance regarding complex open access, digital copyright, fair use, DMCA issues, advocacy to protect online speech and anonymity, licensing and contract advice, especially regarding Creative Commons and other “open” licenses, and guidance and amicus advocacy for effective but balanced protection of children in the areas of social networking, child pornography, and online exploitation.

Clinical and Course Information

Cyberlaw Clinic
Fall, Winter, or Spring clinical
Open to 2L, 3L students
LLM students by permission
Pre- or co-requisite Classes - Students must have previously completed or concurrently take at least one of the following classes during the clinic semester: Communications and Internet Law and Policy (Fall 2012); Controlling Cyberspace (Spring 2012); Copyright (Spring); Cybercrime (Spring); Cyberlaw and Intellectual Property: Advanced Problem Solving Workshop (Spring 2012); Ideas for a Better Internet (Fall 2012); Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment (Winter 2012); Music and Digital Media (Spring); Practical Lawyering in Cyberspace (Fall); or Trademark.

Contact

23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor
Harvard Law School
(617) 495-7547
cyber@law.harvard.edu

Phil Malone, Clinical Professor and Clinic Director
617-384-9134
pmalone@cyber.law.harvard.edu

Christopher Bavitz, Clinical Fellow
617-496-5155
cbavitz@cyber.law.harvard.edu