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.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

News
ISP Launches Digital Future White Paper Series
The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School announced the launch of its Digital Future White Paper Series, which will highlight novel challenges for regulation, inviting participation by academics, researchers, technologists and legal practitioners.Thursday, December 03, 2020
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Thursday, October 29, 2020
In The Press
Democracy Dies When Facebook and Twitter Define the Truth — A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
In The Press
Can Artificial Intelligence Save the Regulatory State? — A Commentary by Donald Elliott ’74
The American Spectator
E. Donald Elliott is a Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 13, 2020
In The Press
Personal contact could be next casualty in U.S.-China tech feud
Politico
Professor of Law Taisu Zhang ’08 is quoted in Politico about the future of communication platforms like WeChat.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
In The Press
Banning TikTok is a terrible idea — A Commentary by Samm Sacks
SupChina
Samm Sacks is a Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
In The Press
Huawei’s very bad week
National Journal
Robert Williams, executive director of the Paul Tsai China Center, is quoted in a National Journal article about Huawei.
Friday, May 29, 2020
In The Press
Twitter helped make Trump president. Now they’re at war
The Boston Globe
YLS clinical lecturer and Executive Director of the Information Society Project Nikolas Guggenberger is quoted in a Boston Globe article about President Trump’s relationship with Twitter.
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.

Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II
A student perspective on the graduate studies program and tech law at Yale Law School.
At Yale, I treasured being part of a close community of students, faculty, alumni, practitioners, and staff committed to understanding and critiquing the law. I draw on lessons I learned from that community every day in my career as an economic justice lawyer.”
Casey Pitts
Class of 2008, Partner, Altshuler Berzon LLP