Please join OPIA for a community discussio n with Wasserstei n Fellow James Yoon\, Acting Assistant Deputy Chief of the U.S. Departm ent of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section\, on buil ding a career in public service at the intersection of law and technology. Speaking in his personal capacity\, James will draw on his experience as a government lawyer to discuss the opportunities\, challenges\, and career pa ths available to lawyers interested in cyber law. James will share wisdom a bout entering the field of a rapidly evolving area of law and offer practic al advice on building relevant skills and developing technical fluency with out needing a computer science background.
Lunch provided. Please RSV P below! Open only to the HLS community.
James Yoon is Acting Assista nt Deputy Chief of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section at the U.S. Department of Justice\, helping to oversee federal investigations and prosecutions involving ransomware\, computer hacking\, theft of trade s ecrets\, digital piracy\, trademark counterfeiting\, and illicit use of cry ptocurrency. He previously served as the International Computer Hacking & I ntellectual Property Attorney Advisor for Asia\, stationed at the U.S. Cons ulate General in Hong Kong through the U.S. Department of State. Prior to t hat\, James held various roles at the U.S. Department of Justice\, includin g senior counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Divis ion\, senior trial attorney in the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Se ction\, prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District o f Virginia\, and Honors Attorney in the Antitrust Division. James is a grad uate of Yale University and Cornell Law School.
If you or an event pa rticipant requires disability-related accommodations\, please contact HLS A ccessibility Services at acc essibility@law.harvard.edu two weeks in advance of the event.
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