Technological advances are driving greater economic, political, and social change, raising increasingly complex and critical questions for civil liberties and civil rights. The Technology Law and Policy Clinic is a semester-long, 6-credit course that engages with many of these questions through the representation of individuals and nonprofit organizations. It involves a mixture of fieldwork and seminar discussion ranging from technology law and policy to the ethical challenges of lawyering in the public interest.
The clinic is open to students from all backgrounds and seeks to expand the notions of “technology law” and “technology lawyers.” No technical degrees or past experience with any particular doctrines of law are required; the only prerequisite is a dedication to social justice. The clinic strives to fight for the public interest in such areas where corporate or government interests often predominate.
Every semester, the clinic takes on a diverse set of matters, so students in the clinic get broad exposure to the field of technology law even as they immerse themselves deeply in one or two projects. Approximately one-half of the students in the clinic will work with the teachers of the clinic and a partner organization on issues or cases currently on their docket. The other half will represent individuals, nonprofits, and other public interest clients on matters primarily focused on intellectual property.
The NYU Technology Law & Policy (TLP) Clinic was founded in 2012 Director and Clinical Professor Jason Schultz.
Students interested in applying to the Clinic should visit NYU Law’s course description page for more information.
The TLP Clinic is a program of Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., a New York not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation affiliated with NYU Law. While the TLP Clinic shares some faculty with the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law, the Clinic and Center are distinct. Views expressed by the TLP Clinic and its clients do not necessarily represent the institutional views of the Engelberg Center or NYU Law, if any.