Cyberlaw Clinic

cyber.law.harvard.edu/clinical

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. The Berkman Clinic was the first of its kind and today continues its tradition of innovation in this area. Clients include individuals, small start-ups, nonprofit organizations, internal Berkman Center projects, groups of law professors, and government entities. The scope of the Clinic’s work includes, among many other areas, counseling and legal guidance regarding complex open access, digital copyright, fair use and DMCA issues; litigation, amicus filings, and other advocacy to protect online speech and anonymity; legal resources and advice for citizen journalists; licensing and contract advice, especially regarding Creative Commons and other “open” licenses; patent reexamination requests for overly broad technology patents; and guidance and amicus advocacy for effective but balanced protection of children in the areas of social networking, child pornography, and online exploitation.

Clinical Information

Fall, Winter, or Spring clinical
Open to 2L, 3L students
LLM students by permission
Pre-Requisites: None

09/10 Clinical Courses

Child Exploitation, Pornography, and the Internet
Instructors: Dena Sacco and Diane Rosenfeld
Spring seminar; Fall, Winter, or Spring clinical

Copyright and Trademark Litigation: TRO to the Supreme Court
Instructor: Dale Cendali
Fall course; Fall clinical

Cybercrime: Seminar
Instructor: Phillip Malone
Spring seminar; Fall, Winter, or Spring clinical

Cyberlaw: Difficult Problems
Instructor: Jonathan Zittrain
Winter course; Spring clinical

Intellectual Property Law: Advanced
Instructor: William Fisher
Spring course; Fall, Winter, or Spring clinical

Practical Lawyering in Cyberspace: Seminar
Instructor: Phillip Malone
Fall seminar; Fall, Winter, or Spring clinical

Contact

Cyberlaw Clinic
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

Dena Sacco, Assistant Director
617-384-9125
dsacco@law.harvard.edu

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