Analytical Paper Optional: All enrolled students have the option of completing a research paper of at least 20-25 pages, with faculty and peer review of a substantially complete draft. This paper can be used to satisfy the analytical paper requirement for J.D. students.

Prerequisite: None

Exam Type: In Class

Privacy is a key concern motivating legal challenges to firms and government alike. Further, privacy is a key regulatory concern of highly-regulated industrial sectors, such as healthcare, finance, education, communications, and technology. This course surveys the legal frameworks in the United States that define and govern privacy, including constitutional, statutory, and common law sources. Topics will include the goals of privacy law, the trade-offs between privacy and other social values or legal rights, and a critical examination of domain-specific statutory privacy protections and of ongoing legislative reform. Taking a multi-disciplinary and trans-substantive approach to privacy, discussions will go well beyond the domain of traditional information privacy law, typically also including advertising law, consumer protection, intellectual property, and family law as relevant.