The ISP hosts a core group of resident fellows, visiting fellows, Yale faculty, and student fellows. We also have an international network of ISP affiliated fellows—ISP alumni now in academic positions—and ISP alumni working as practitioners, activists, and policymakers.
Directors and Staff

Democracy Online, Equal Protection, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, Information Fiduciaries, Media Law and Policy, Net Neutrality, Online Speech, Privacy Rights

Online Speech, Artificial Intelligence


Affiliated YLS Faculty




Contracts, Drones, FinTech, Government Surveillance, Immigration, Torture


Abortion Access, Access to Abortion Care, Access to Contraception, Commercial Speech, Early Medication Abortion, Equal Protection, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Right to Reproductive Health Care, U.S. Supreme Court












Access to Abortion Care, Access to Contraception, Early Medication Abortion, Emergency Contraception, Fourth Amendment, Informational Privacy Rights, Religious Freedom and Reproductive Health
Resident Fellows

Computer Crimes, Criminal Law, Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cyberespionage, Data Integrity, Mobile Technologies

Information Privacy Law, Algorithmic Governance, Science and Technology Studies


Blockchain, Data Integrity, Data Representation, Healthcare, Informational Privacy Rights, Innovation Law and Policy, Law and Economics, Medical Law, Social Science



Contracts, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Hate Speech, Legal, moral, and political philosophy


Censorship, Democracy Online, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Global Media Activism, Government Surveillance, Intercultural Communication, Journalist Rights, Media Law and Policy, Propaganda


Disability Rights, Education Law, Equal Protection, Healthcare, Medical Law, Reproductive Ethics, Torts, Autonomy and Paternalism, Family Law, Children and the Law



Administrative Law, Commercial Speech, FOIA, Fourth Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Informational Privacy Rights, Media Law and Policy, Online Speech, Secret Courts, Secret Law





Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Legal History






Visiting Fellows



Algorithmic Manipulation, Cyberespionage, Democracy Online, False News, Political Communication, The Public Sphere, Public Discourse

Algorithmic Manipulation, Autonomous Vehicles, Cloud Computing, Communication & Technology, Computer Crimes, Criminal Law, Cyber Exploitation, Data Integrity, Informational Privacy Rights, Machine Learning




Algorithmic Discrimination, Copyright,

Algorithmic Discrimination, Anthropology, Communication & Technology, Data Integrity, Data Representation, Global South, Law & Religion, Machine Learning, Predictive Policing




Algorithmic Discrimination, Consumer Protection, Disability Rights, Genetic Rights, Health Privacy, Healthcare, Information Fiduciaries, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Law

Censorship, Communication & Technology, Comparative Constitutional Law, Freedom of Speech, Government Surveillance, History of Technology, Information Intermediaries, International Telecommunications, Media Law and Policy

Cloud Computing, Communication & Technology, Computer Networking, Computer Programming, Corporate Surveillance, Cyberattacks, Encryption, Government Surveillance, Hacking, Hacktivism

Global South, Government Surveillance, History of Technology, Art and Technology

First Amendment, Press Clause

Blockchain, Communication & Technology, Computer Networking, Computer Programming, Cyberespionage, Cyberwarfare, History of Technology, ICANN, Net Neutrality, Online Surveillance

Equal Protection, Fourth Amendment, Freedom of Religion, Government Surveillance, Hate Speech, International Human Rights Law, Law & Religion, Liberty Rights

Communication & Technology, Data Integrity, Hacktivism, Tech Criticism, Tech Philosophy, Workforce Automation, Legal innovation and legal tech


cyberattacks, cybercrime, cyberwarfare, ICANN, Multistakeholder Governance, Meta Date, Net neutrality, treaties, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS


Contract Law, Computable Contracts, Smart Contracts, Blockchain, Natural Legal Language Processing, Platform Regulation, Consumer Protection, Property Rights, Intellectual Property

Class Discrimination, Computer Programming, Copyright, Employment Law, Equal Protection, International IP, Machine Learning, Patents, Privacy Rights, Sex Discrimination, Theoretical justifications, Anti-discrimination laws, Social networks, Internet, Advanced technology, 3D printing, Policy making, Service inventions
Student Fellows










Antitrust, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency


Yale Affiliated Fellows



Advocacy Film Production, Anthropology, Communication & Technology, Documentaries, Photography, Refugees



Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Programming, Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cyberespionage, Cyberwarfare, Data Integrity, Data Representation, Encryption, Online Surveillance

Biotechnology, Gene Editing

Anthropology, Health Privacy, History, History of Technology, Medical Informatics, Bioethics

Open Science, Political Communication, Social Science


Anthropology, Augmented Reality, Conservation, Cultural Heritage Preservation, Disaster Prevention, Global South, History, History of Technology, Intercultural Communication, Internet of Things, Open Science, Values Exploitation

Cognitive Psychology, False News, Forced Ideological Speech, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Information Warfare, Propaganda, Race Discrimination, Refugees, Propaganda
Affiliated Fellows

Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Government Surveillance, International Human Rights Law, Open Government, Privacy Rights, Right to be Forgotten



Communication & Technology, Mobile Technologies, Social Science



Cameras in Court, Defamation, False News, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, Journalist Rights, Legislation, Media Law and Policy, Press Rights, Newsgathering and Reporter's Privilege


Contracts, Copyright, Fair Use, Innovation Law and Policy, Intellectual Privacy, IP Licensing, Net Neutrality, Patents, Property, Terms of Service

Administrative Law, Censorship, Communication & Technology, Defamation, False News, Forced Ideological Speech, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Innovation Law and Policy, Online Speech



Algorithmic Discrimination, Algorithmic Manipulation, Commercial Speech, FOIA, Fourth Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Innovation Law and Policy, Predictive Policing, Quantum Computing and Networking


Communication & Technology, Mobile Technologies, Social Science, Sociology, User-Generated Content, Journalism (News Production Studies)



Algorithmic Manipulation, Antitrust, Communication & Technology, Consumer Protection, Corporate Surveillance, Freedom of Speech, Information Intermediaries, Media Law and Policy, Sharing Economies, Propaganda

Censorship, Commercial Speech, Constitutional Law, Corporate Surveillance, First Amendment, FOIA, Fourth Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Government Surveillance, Press Rights


Communication & Technology, Information Intermediaries, Streaming Media, Media Distribution

Commercial Speech, Corporate Surveillance, Criminal Law, Fourth Amendment, Information Fiduciaries, Information Intermediaries, Police Militarization, Predictive Policing, Qualified Immunity

Censorship, Communications & Technology, Copyright, Fair Use, Information Intermediaries, Innovation Law and Policy, Online Shaming, Online Speech, Streaming Media, User-generated Content


Abortion access, Access to Abortion Care, Access to Contraception, Consumer Protection, Consumer Rights, Early Medication Abortion, Emergency Contraception, state and local law



Algorithmic Discrimination, Autonomous Vehicles, Consumer Protection, Copyright, Government Surveillance, Information Privacy Rights, Machine Learning, Predictive Policing, Privacy Rights, Right to be Forgotten

Algorithmic Discrimination, Bitcoin, Global South, Government Surveillance, Information Intermediaries, Internet of Things, Multistakeholder Governance, Online Speech, Online Surveillance, User-Generated Content


Algorithmic Manipulation, Anonymity, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Programming, Cyberattacks, Information Intermediaries, Machine Learning, Privacy Rights, Products Liability


Algorithmic Discrimination, Consumer Rights, Cyber Exploitation, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Information Intermediaries, Informational Privacy Rights, Online Harassment & Bullying, Online Speech, Privacy Rights

Algorithmic Discrimination, Antitrust, Health Privacy, Informational Privacy Rights, Law and Economics, Online Surveillance, Right to be Forgotten, Torts

Antitrust, Copyright, History, History of Technology, Innovation Law and Policy, Patents


Autonomous Weapon Systems, Corporate Surveillance, Cyberwarfare, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law / Law of War, Internet of Things, Product Liability, Torts, Weapons Bans



Communication & Technology, Computer Networking, Corporate Surveillance, Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cyberespionage, Cyberwarfare, Encryption, Internet of Things


Communication & Technology, Freedom of Speech, History of Technology, International Human Rights Law, Media Law and Policy, Privacy Rights

intelligence, national security, data protection, international data transfers, content moderation, online platforms regulation, artificial intelligence, GDPR, DSA/DMA, §230 CDA, First Amendment, freedom of expression, privacy

Accessibility, Algorithmic Discrimination, Algorithmic Manipulation, Copyright, Democracy Online, Fair Use, Intellectual Privacy, Open Science, User-Generated Content


Communication & Technology, Drones, FOIA, Freedom of the Press, Journalist Rights, Media Law and Policy, Press Rights, Social Science, User-Generated Content

Cloud Computing, Corporate Surveillance, Government Surveillance, Innovation Law and Policy, Intellectual Privacy, Internet of Things, Law and Economics, Patents, Privacy Rights, Property,

Anthropology, Autonomous Systems, Autonomous Vehicles, Communication and Technology, Internet of Things, Sociology, Tech Criticism, workforce automation, Design


Censorship, Criminal Law, Cyber Exploitation, Equal Protection, fourth Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Online Surveillance, Sex Discrimination, Virtual Reality

Cognitive Psychology, Computer Programming, Copyright, Fair Use, Patents, Right of Publicity, Trade Secrets, Trademark

Administrative Law, Cryptocurrency, Drones, Encryption, Government Surveillance, ICANN, Informational Privacy Rights, Online Surveillance, Privacy Rights, Right to be Forgotten

Communication & Technology, Data Representation, Information Poor Communities, Race Discrimination, Socioeconomic Discrimination, Justice and Equity

Antitrust, Copyright, IP Licensing, Law and Economics, Streaming Media, Trademark, User-Generated Content, Licensing, Regulation

Bitcoin, Contracts, Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Government Surveillance, Innovation Law and Policy, International Relations, Internet of things, Online Surveillance, Treaties




Algorithmic Discrimination, Blockchain, Consumer Contracts, Contracts, Law and Economics, Mandatory Information Disclosures, Right to be Forgotten, Sharing Economies, Sociology, smart contracts





Video Evidence, Virtual Reality, atrocity prevention, Torture, Tech Criticism, Refugees, International Human Rights, Law of War


Comparative Constitutional Law, Compelled Disclosures, Forced Ideological Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Law & Religion, Professional Responsibility, Torts

Communication & Technology, Corporate Surveillance, Cyberwarfare, Encryption, Freedom of the Press, Government Surveillance, Hacking, Journalist Rights, Online Surveillance, Social Science

Communication & Technology, Copyright, Cyber Exploitation, Cyberattacks, Drones, Government Surveillance, Internet of Things, Net Neutrality, Online Surveillance, Torts

Communications & Technology, History, Net Neutrality

Innovation Law and Policy, Patents, Technology Finance, Trade Secrets, Trademark, Workforce Automation

Communication & Technology, Computer Programming, Democracy Online, ICANN, Intellectual Privacy, IP Licensing, Online Speech


Copyright, Drones, Freedom of Speech, Government Surveillance, Intellectual Privacy, Online Speech, Online Surveillance, Police Bodycams, Privacy Rights

Censorship, Comparative Constitutional Law, False News, FOIA, Global South, Government Surveillance, ICANN, Open Government, Press Rights, Terms of Service

Communication & Technology, Democracy Online, Global Media Activism, Open Government, Political Communication, Social Science, Tech Criticism


Algorithmic Manipulation, Censorship, Comparative Constitutional Law, Copyright, Freedom of Speech, Information Intermediaries, International Human Rights Law, Right to be Forgotten, Terms of Service, User-Generated Content

Data Integrity, FOIA, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Journalist Rights, Open Government, Open Science

Algorithmic Discrimination, Algorithmic Manipulation, Antitrust, Consumer Rights, Corporate Surveillance, Information Intermediaries, Law and Economics



Communication & Technology, Democracy Online, False News, Global Media Activism, Machine Learning, Mobile Technologies, Political Communication, Social Science, User-Generated Content, Virtual Reality

Abortion Access, Access to Contraception, Comparative Constitutional Law, Contracts, International Arbitration, International Human Rights Law, Religious Freedom and Reproductive Health, Secret Courts, Domestic Arbitration


Cognitive Psychology, Communication & Technology, Copyright, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Information Fiduciaries, Online Harassment & Bullying, Online Shaming, Online Speech, Torts



Communication & Technology, Democracy Online, False News, History of Technology, Political Communication, Social Science

Advertising and Public Relations, Antitrust, Cognitive Psychology, Fair Use, Innovation Law and Policy, Law and Economics, Peer Production, Sharing Economies, Social Science, Trademark

Censorship, Copyright, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Information Intermediaries, International Human Rights Law, International IP, Online Speech, Peer Production, Treaties

Algorithmic Discrimination, Bitcoin, Global South, Government Surveillance, Information Intermediaries, Internet of Things, Multistakeholder Governance, Online Speech, Online Surveillance, User-Generated Content


Algorithmic Discrimination, Algorithmic Manipulation, Autonomous Vehicles,Facial Recognition,Gamification, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Torts

Access to Information, AI Ethics / Data Ethics,Communications & Technology, Copyright, Corporate Law, Intermediaries,Online Speech, Open Knowledge, Open Internet, Privacy, Robots,Technology Policy, Virtual Reality


Cybercrime, Government Surveillance, Information Intermediaries, Information Warfare, Informational Privacy Rights, International Human Rights Law, Internet of Things, Torts, Insurance Law


Customary International Law, Cyberattacks, FinTech, International Arbitration, Internet of Things, Net Neutrality, Online Surveillance, Torts

FOIA, Freedom of Speech, Government Surveillance, Informational Privacy Rights, Online Speech, Open Government, Police Bodycams, Secret Courts, Secret Law, Whistleblowers

Algorithmic Discrimination, Communication & Technology, Government Surveillance, Information Privacy Rights, Privacy Rights, Social Science, Biometrics

Blockchain, Cognitive Psychology, Fourth Amendment, Property, Linguistics, Private Law

Biotechnology Law and Policy, Gene Patents, Genomics, Epigenomics, Forensics, Metagenomics, Privacy, International IP, Open Science, FDA Regulations, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law

Anthropology, Consumer Protection, Consumer Rights, Global South, Healthcare, Innovation Law and Policy, International IP, Medical Law, Patents, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law

Defamation, Democracy Online, Fair Use, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Privacy, Medical Law and Privacy, Privacy Rights, Right of Publicity, Social Science, User- Generated Content

Communication & Technology, Global South, History, History of Technology, International Human Rights Law, Tech Criticism



Copyright, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Information Intermediaries, Internet of Things, IP Licensing, Patents, Property, Terms of Service, User-Generated Content



Algorithmic Discrimination, Criminal Law, Equal Protection, Police Bodycams, Predictive Policing, Race Discrimination, Evidence

Cognitive Psychology, Innovation Law and Policy, International IP, Law and Economics, Nanotechnology, Open Science, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law, Trademark


Algorithmic Manipulation, Autonomous Vehicles, Autonomous Weapon Systems, Blockchain, Tech Criticism, Tech Philosophy, Workforce Automation

Algorithmic Discrimination, Algorithmic Manipulation, Cloud Computing, Computer Crimes, Computer Networking, Criminal Law, Cybercrime, Hacking, Hate Speech, Privacy Rights


Communication & Technology, Computer Networking, History, History of Technology, Internet of Things, Sociology, Tech Criticism, Tech Philosophy, Values Exploitation


Communication & Technology, Gamification, Social Science, Sociology


Advertising and Public Relations, Cognitive Psychology, Commercial Speech,, Consumer Protection,Corporate Law, False News, Freedom of Speech, Propaganda, Trademark







Algorithmic Discrimination, Genetic Rights, Health Privacy, Informational Privacy Rights, Innovation Law and Policy


Communication & Technology, Democracy Online, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Informational Privacy Rights, Media Law and Policy, Political Communication, Privacy Rights, State and Federal Constitutional Protections


Advocacy Film Production, Cameras in Court, Communication & Technology, Documentaries, Global Media Activism, Photography, Police Bodycams, User-Generated Content, Video Evidence

Copyright, FOIA, Law and Economics, Mobile Technologies, Peer Production, Sharing Economies, Data Driven Innovation; Economic Development


Bitcoin, Blockchain, Contracts, Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Law and Economics, Privacy Rights



Abortion Access, Comparative Constitutional Law, Equal Protection, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Race Discrimination, Religious Freedom and Reproductive Health, Sex Discrimination, State and Federal Constitutional Protections

Autonomous Vehicles, Blockchain, Compelled Disclosures, Computer Crimes, Computer Programming, Government Surveillance, Media Law and Policy, Right of Publicity, Right to be Forgotten, Torts




Class Discrimination, Comparative Constitutional Law, Equal Protection, History, Legislation, Liberty Rights, Social Science, State and Federal Constitutional Protections, Legal Methodology and Legal Theory

Social Computing; Human-Computer Interaction, Hate Speech, User Generated Content

Autonomous Vehicles, Consumer Contracts, Contracts, Crowdfunding, Information Fiduciaries, Informational Privacy Rights, Intellectual Privacy, Machine Learning, Privacy Rights, Torts

cybercrime, cybersecurity, privacy, transnational electronic criminal investigations, COE Cybercrime Convention, electronic discovery, computer forensics, cyberlaw, 4th Amendment, cyberterrorism, cybersecurity

Algorithmic Discrimination, Communication & Technology, Fourth Amendment, Machine Learning, Predictive Policing, Privacy Rights, Race Discrimination, Tech Criticism

Administrative Law, Commercial Speech, Compelled Disclosures, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Government Surveillance, Liberty Rights, Social Science, State and Federal Constitutional Protections


Access to Abortion Care, Advocacy Film Production, Cameras in Court, Copyright, Documentaries, Fair Use, Police Bodycams, Social Science, Trademark, Video Evidence

Administrative Law, Antitrust, Communication & Technology, Freedom of Speech, Global South, Innovation Law and Policy, International Telecommunications, Internet of Things, Net Neutrality, Zero Rating Networks


Administrative Law, Algorithmic Discrimination, Communication & Technology, Informational Privacy Rights, Legislation, Machine Learning, State and Federal Constitutional Protections, Algorithmic Governance; Algorithmic Accountability

Predictive Policing, Criminal Law, Criminology



Copyright, Democracy Online, Education Law, Fair Use, Global South, Innovation Law and Policy, Intercultural Communication, International Human Rights Law, User-Generated Content


Censorship, Compelled Disclosure, Defamation, Drones, Encryption, FOIA, Hate Speech, Innovation Law and Policy, Media Law and Policy, Press Rights

Abortion Access, Access to Contraception, Commercial Speech, Emergency Contraception, Equal Protection, Familial Status Discrimination, Healthcare, Religious Freedom and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Technologies, Queer Family Law; Pregnancy & Birth Rights

Copyright, Intellectual Privacy, Trademark

Administrative Law, Computer Crimes, Computer Networking, Corporate Surveillance, Criminal Law, Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cyberespionage, Cyberwarfare, Hacking

Comparative Constitutional Law, Comparative Administrative Law, European Union Law, European Media Law and policy, European Competition Law and policy, Advertising industries, Cultural studies, Ordo and Neo-liberalism

Algorithmic Manipulation, Blockchain, Compelled Disclosures, Consumer Contracts, Contracts, FinTech, Information Intermediaries, Mandatory Information Disclosures


Communication & Technology, Copyright, Fair Use, Innovation Law and Policy, International IP, IP Licensing, Privacy Rights, Streaming Media, Trade Secrets, Tradmark

Autonomous Systems, Communication & Technology, Consumer Contracts, Contracts, Corporate Surveillance, Democracy Online, Machine Learning, Online Surveillance


False News, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Information Fiduciaries, Information Privacy Rights, Privacy Rights, Product Liability,Sex Discrimination, Social Science, Sociology


Algorithmic Manipulation, Facial Recognition, Fourth Amendment, Informational Privacy Rights, Intellectual Privacy, Police Bodycams, Predictive Policing, Privacy Rights, Trade Secrets, Video Evidence

Augmented Reality, Cloud Computing, Computer Networking, Cyberattacks, Internet of Things, Mesh Networks, Mobile Technologies, Net Neutrality, Streaming Media, Virtual Reality

Algorithmic Discrimination, Communication & Technology, Consumer Contracts, Cyberattacks, Defamation, Informational Privacy Rights, Online Surveillance, Predictive Policing, Privacy Rights, Property

Administrative Law, Contracts, Innovation Law and Policy, Legislation, Media Law and Policy, Online Speech, Online Surveillance, Student Privacy, Predictive Algorithms, People Analytics

Communication & Technology, Informational Privacy Rights, Online Surveillance, Privacy Rights, Internet Research Ethics, Data Ethics, Library/Intellectual Privacy