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.
Event
Commercial Speech and the First Amendment: Does the Right of Publicity Transcend Commercial Speech?
8:30AM
New York City
Monday, November 6, 2017
22:17
Thursday, April 26, 2018
In The Press
Facebook Released Its Content Moderation Rules. Now What?—A Commentary by Kate Klonick
NYTimes.com
Kate Klonick is a Ph.D. in Law candidate and a Resident Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
In The Press
How to Make Facebook and Google Behave
Bloomberg View
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin’s idea of information fiduciaries is discussed in an editorial.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
In The Press
DNC's Hacking Suit Is a Missed Opportunity—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, April 17, 2018
In The Press
Dangers of the ICO - Investing in Crypto: An interview with John Morley
Talks on Law
Professor of Law John Morley ’06 was a guest where he discussed investing in cryptocurrency.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
In The Press
This plan would regulate Facebook without going through Congress
The Verge
An article discusses Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin’s concept of an information fiduciary and how it was a topic in the testimony of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in the Senate.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
In The Press
We May Own Our Data, But Facebook Has a Duty to Protect It
The New Yorker
The article cites scholarship by Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin about Facebook’s use of private information.
Student Profile Videos
Rebecca Wexler
A student perspective on tech law, the Information Society Project, and the Media Freedom of Information Access Clinic
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.
You’re at one of the best, if not the best law school in the nation… make the most of it: the friendships, the opportunities to learn, to do things, to grow.”
Justice Clarence Thomas
U.S. Supreme Court ’74