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.
Wednesday, March 01, 2023
News
Cyber Leadership Forum to Address U.S.-China Relations and Technology
The 2023 Yale Cyber Leadership Forum will bring together attorneys, technologists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and academics to discuss how cyber challenges impact technological and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Friday, November 18, 2022
Monday, November 07, 2022
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Students try out virtual reality headsets and discuss the possibilities of incorporating virtual reality into evidentiary proceedings or meeting with clients in the metaverse.
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)
Event
Technology and the Pubic Interest, Haochen Sun, Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong
12:10PM
SLB Room 128
Event
Technology in US-China Relations, Karen Hao, China technology reporter, The Wall Street Journal
12:10PM
SLB Room 129
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
In The Press
To Fight Defamation Suit, Fox News Cites Election Conspiracy Theories
The Washington Post
Floyd Abrams Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law David Schulz ’78 comments on the Fox News defense strategy in a high-profile lawsuit over the network promoting conspiracy theories about voting machines in the 2020 presidential election.
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.
Student Profile Videos
Rebecca Wexler
A student perspective on tech law, the Information Society Project, and the Media Freedom of Information Access Clinic
Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II
A student perspective on the graduate studies program and tech law at Yale Law School.
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.
The Criminal Justice Clinic has given me the unique opportunity to represent a client in court as a first-year law student. Experiential learning has been the most meaningful part of law school so far, and it has exposed me to the criminal justice system first-hand.”
Destiny Lopez
Class of 2021