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, October 31, 2022
News
Conference Hosts Conversations on Threats to Transparency and the Media
The Access and Accountability Conference (AAC) returned for its sixth edition this year and gathered legal scholars, practitioners and journalists to discuss protecting newsgatherers, promoting transparency, and enabling government accountability
Friday, November 18, 2022
Monday, November 07, 2022
Friday, November 18, 2022
At a Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information event, at which the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic received an award for its work: from left, Connecticut Foundation for Open Government President Bill Fish, Stephanie Rice ’23, Jonathan Gibson ’24, MFIA Clinical Fellow Stephen Stich ’17, Council President Dan Klau, and Marlene Arias ’24. (Photo: Gary Lewis)
Monday, November 7, 2022
Monday, October 31, 2022
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Friday, August 26, 2022
In The Press
Are Defamation Lawsuits an Effective Tool Against the Onslaught of Misinformation?
NPR / Here and Now
Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law David A. Schulz ’78 discusses how to combat misinformation.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
In The Press
Court Orders State Police To Reveal More Details About Misconduct by Troopers
Central Maine
Ruling in a case that the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic helped bring to court, a judge has ordered the Maine State Police to provide the state’s two biggest newspapers with previously concealed parts of police disciplinary records.
Monday, May 9, 2022
In The Press
Reversing Roe in the Digital Age
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Information Society Project Executive Director Nikolas Guggenberger discusses the potential impact of overturning Roe v. Wade on online privacy issues.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
In The Press
Spotify Must Be More Transparent About its Rules of the Road — A Commentary by Tracey Meares et al.
Tech Crunch
Tracey Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
Sunday, February 13, 2022
In The Press
Sarah Palin May Find That Libel Doesn’t Mean What It Used To — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
In The Press
Governments — Including Connecticut’s — Continue Using Algorithms in the Dark
Connecticut Mirror
A report released by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is cited in an article about how government agencies are using algorithms to make policy decisions.
Student Profile Videos
Ricky Hanzich
A student perspective on tech law, being a dean's advisor, and coming to Yale Law School as a transfer student.
Akriti Gaur
A student perspective on the LL.M. program, and how Yale Law School offered theoretical foundations to previous experience as a tech lawyer.
Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II
A student perspective on the graduate studies program and tech law at Yale Law School.
Yale Law School prepared me for a lifelong career in public interest and social justice work through its academic excellence, hands-on clinical practice, and expansive student-led leadership opportunities.”
Lourdes Rivera ’90
Senior Vice President, U.S. Programs, Center for Reproductive Rights