How We Are Involved
Information Society Project
Information Society Project (ISP) is an intellectual center addressing the implications of the Internet and new information technologies for law and society, guided by the values of democracy, development, and civil liberties. The ISP's work includes copyright, media law and policy, transparency, and privacy.
MFIA Clinic
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA), part of ISP's Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, is a law school clinic dedicated to increasing government transparency, defending the essential work of news gatherers, and protecting freedom of expression through impact litigation, direct legal services, and policy work.
MSL Degree Program
The Law School also offers the Degree of Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) for journalists seeking an intensive immersion in legal thinking so that they are better able to educate their audiences upon their return to journalism.
Monday, February 26, 2018
News
MFIA Clinic Urges FISA Court of Review to Protect Public Access
On February 23, 2018, Yale's Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic (MFIA) and the ACLU filed a brief before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISCR) urging the appellate court to recognize that judicial opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) should be public.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
In The Press
Lawsuit: Trump Punishing The Press Is Unconstitutional
Richard French Live
Students from Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) are interviewed about the clinic’s involvement in a First Amendment lawsuit filed against President Trump.
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
In The Press
Context Matters When We Scrutinize Online Threats—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
In The Press
The Innovation-Security Conundrum in U.S.-China Relations—A Commentary by Robert D. Williams
Lawfare
Robert D. Williams is a Lecturer in Law, Senior Research Scholar in Law, and the Executive Director of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.
Saturday, June 9, 2018
In The Press
Trump’s targeting of a New York Times journalist, explained by experts
Vox
David Schulz ’78, Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law and director of the MFIA clinic, and Michael Meltsner ’60 contributed to an article about the federal government’s seizure of a reporter’s phone records as part of a federal investigation into leaks of classified information.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
In The Press
DNA donors must demand stronger protection for genetic privacy—A Commentary by Mason Marks and Tiffany Li
STAT
Mason Marks and Tiffany Li are fellows at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project.
Sunday, May 27, 2018
In The Press
Security IT! : The Yale Cyber Leadership Forum
The Yale Globalist
A report on the recent Yale Cyber Leadership Forum, a conference organized by Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law and director of the Yale Center for Global Legal Challenges Oona Hathaway ’97.
Student Profile Videos
Andrew Burt
Andrew Burt, Chief Privacy Officer & Legal Engineer at Immuta, describes his work in the government and private sectors. Part of the Many Paths Initiative.
Rebecca Wexler
A student perspective on tech law, the Information Society Project, and the Media Freedom of Information Access Clinic
You can make a difference… The history of the last 40 years happened because people like you entered the fray and chipped away at problems that they were told were politically impossible to fix.”
Michael Posner
Honorary Doctor of Laws, 2014 Commencement Address