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, April 18, 2019
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
News
Lisa Austin on Privacy, Social Identity, and Manipulation
At the Seminar in Private Law, Professor Lisa Austin, Chair in Law and Technology, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, led the session titled “Privacy, Social Identity and Manipulation.”
Thursday, April 4, 2019
News
Sheila Jasanoff on the Subjects of Reason
At the Seminar in Private Law, Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, discussed her paper “Subjects of Reason: Goods, Markets and Competing Imaginaries of Global Governance.”
Friday, March 29, 2019
News
Ifeoma Ajunwa on the Paradox of Automation as Anti-Bias Intervention
Ifeoma Ajunwa (Cornell ILR) presented her paper “The Paradox of Automation as Anti-Bias Intervention" at an event of the Yale Law School Center for Private Law and the Information Society Project.
Monday, July 15, 2019
In The Press
Securing 5G: Challenges and Recommendations — A Commentary by Robert Williams
Council on Foreign Relations
Robert D. Williams is a Senior Research Scholar in Law and yje Executive Director of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.
Monday, April 8, 2019
In The Press
Yale law group steps up to defend NancyonNorwalk—A Commentary by Leah Ferentinos
Stamford Advocate
Leah Ferentinos is an Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Friday, February 8, 2019
In The Press
In Apple vs. Facebook, Let Users Decide—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
In The Press
Apple vs. Facebook: It’s Not All About Privacy—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.
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.
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
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Class of 1974