Technology Law and Policy

A daylong conference hosted by Harvard’s Applied Social Media Lab focused on strategies for fostering healthier, more satisfying civil discourse online.

Harvard Law digital privacy expert Leah Plunkett says that children’s data safety is just one of many problems with kids’ use of popular apps like TikTok.

The Berkman Klein cohort of fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year will independently research topics that align with BKC’s three pillars of public programming: AI, social media, and university discourse.

Visiting professor Andrew D. Selbst, an expert in technology and the law, says the CrowdStrike snafu ‘illustrates … how fragile our infrastructure is.’

As the Supreme Court wraps up another blockbuster term, Harvard Law School faculty members reflect on the ways the justices’ most recent decisions might reshape the law.

Harvard Law faculty members share their thoughts on where the Supreme Court justices ultimately landed on prominent cases — and on the longer-term implications of the Court’s decisions.

Asha Jain on satellites, sustainability, and space law

IP and media law expert Christopher Bavitz focused on the potential perils and possibilities of generative AI in a Last Lecture to the graduating class.

While classes took a pause, legal work continued for students participating in spring break pro bono trips to San Diego, California and Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Harvard Law expert Memme Onwudiwe explains the biggest extraterrestrial issues and controversies in space law — and why lawyers should pay attention.

Mason Kortz, a Harvard Law expert in technology and the law, says the New York Times lawsuit against ChatGPT parent OpenAI is the first big test for AI in the copyright space.

Harvard Law experts Martha Minow and Rosalie Abella argue that predictive algorithms and AI could amp up and amplify existing inequities.

The Supreme Court soon will decide if social media platforms must allow certain kinds of speech on their platforms.

A new initiative by metaLAB (at) Harvard teaches educators how to integrate AI into their pedagogy.

Nigeria’s UN Ambassador Abiodun Richards Adejola and Dr. Victor Oladokun, a senior African Development Bank Group adviser, discussed multilateral challenges and opportunities at a recent event.

This October, Harvard Law School celebrated National Pro Bono Week 2023, an annual moment to recognize the tremendous pro bono contributions that law students and attorneys make in their local and global communities.

Having grown up in chaos, Logan Lathrop ’25 credits the military with setting him on a technology-related litigation career path.

Matthew Pekoske, a lieutenant commander with the U.S. Coast Guard, is hoping his time catching drug smugglers will translate to stopping cyberattacks.