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, June 07, 2023
News
MFIA Research Fuels New Connecticut Law Regulating State Use of Algorithms
A landmark law to regulate use of artificial intelligence by Connecticut state government draws from research by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
In a scene from the documentary Pay or Die, James Holt Jr. and Nicole Smith Holt hold a photo of their late son, Alec. Alec Holt died at age 26 — weeks after aging out of his parents’ health insurance — when he rationed insulin because he could not afford its $1,300 monthly cost. Students in DocProject, a program of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, provided legal review for the film. (Photo: Scott Alexander Ruderman)
Event
Daniel J. Solove, Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law
12:10PM
SLB Room 128
Thursday, August 17, 2023
In The Press
‘This Is an Existential Threat’: Will AI Really Eliminate Actors and Ruin Hollywood? Insiders Sound Off
Variety
Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 discusses filmmaking and artificial intelligence.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
In The Press
Deus Ex Machina: The Dangers of AI Godbots — A Commentary by Webb Keane and Scott J. Shapiro ’90
The Spectator
Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School. Webb Keane is the George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.
Thursday, July 6, 2023
In The Press
Decoding the Information Age with Scott Shapiro
Why is This Happening?: The Chris Hayes Podcast
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90 discusses the history of hacking and the future of cybercrime.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
In The Press
How Monero Became Extremists’ Privacy Coin of Choice
Fast Company
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro discusses whether cryptocurrencies that shield users’ indentities should be regulated.
Monday, June 12, 2023
In The Press
Hacking and Cybercrime
BBC4
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro answers the question “Just how safe is the online world?”
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
In The Press
In ‘Fancy Bear Goes Phishing,’ Tales of Harmful Hacks
The New York Times
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, the new book by Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro, is reviewed.
Student Profile Videos
Saif Zihiri
A perspective on the MENALSA and Muslim Law Students communities and interests including tech, national security civil liberties issues, and journals.
Xiangnong (George) Wang
A student perspective on public interest law, the MFIA Clinic, and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association 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 clinics at YLS offer students incomparable experiences in representation of poor and marginalized individuals and communities, real-world engagement in complex fields of law, and the development of strategic judgment critical to effective lawyering.”
Professor Muneer Ahmad
Deputy Dean for Experiential Education