Privacy just made prime time. Watch John Oliver highlight Andrew Ferguson's Your Data Will Be Used Against You. youtu.be/lnBPhelCdWE?... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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The GW Center for Law & Technology is delighted to welcome Sadev Parikh as the Privacy and Technology Law Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor of Law. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
What should the next 50 years of copyright law look like? Join the GW Center for Law & Technology for The Future of the Copyright Act Symposium, October 2-3, 2026. Register for the livestream: calendar.gwu.edu/event/the-fu... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Join us for a discussion marking four years since Dobbs and examining the evolving landscape of reproductive data privacy. Register using the QR code on the flyer.
Congratulations to Bernard Center Fellows Christina Lee and Mary Catherine Amerine on their tenure-track faculty appointments! We're grateful for their contributions to GW Law and wish them every success. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Join us for a discussion marking four years since Dobbs and examining the evolving landscape of reproductive data privacy. Register using the QR code on the flyer.
GW Law's Intellectual Property Program earned an A+ rating from National Jurist's 2026 Intellectual Property Law Honor Roll. Congratulations to our GW IP community! Read: lnkd.in/eQkDdyqG Learn more about the Bernard Center: lnkd.in/efur6Bub
GW Law and the Bernard Center for Law & Technology congratulate the 2026 Finnegan Prize recipients. Eric Frank and Sadaf Rahma tied for first place, and Rebecca Richardson received third place for outstanding scholarship in intellectual property law. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
GW Law congratulates its 2026 Intellectual Property award recipients: Rachel Lobel (Peter D. Rosenberg Prize), Rebecca Richardson (Chris Bartok Memorial Award), and Xu Wang (Richard C. Lewis, Jr. Memorial Award). Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
GW Law celebrates the Class of 2026 students who completed concentrations through the Bernard Center for Law & Technology. This year, 51 graduates earned concentrations in Intellectual Property Law and Privacy, Data Security, and Technology Law. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Aspiring privacy & tech law scholar? GW Law's Privacy and Technology Fellowship is open to candidates from clerkships, private practice, and beyond. Two years of mentoring, research support, and conference funding. Learn more: www.law.gwu.edu/privacy-and-... #LegalAcademia #FutureProfessors
Aspiring IP law scholar? GW Law's Marks Fellowship offers two years of mentoring, research support, and conference funding. Past Fellows hold tenure-track posts at law schools nationwide. Learn more at: www.law.gwu.edu/frank-h-mark... #LegalAcademia #FutureProfessors #LegalScholarship
Join us April 6 at 12 PM for the final installment of The Bernard Center’s S2026 Speaker Series! New York Law School's Professor Michael Goodyear will present “Rethinking Authenticity,” his article on IP’s limits in protecting Indigenous knowledge & expression. Lunch provided!
Aspiring IP or privacy law scholar? GW Law's Marks and Privacy & Tech Fellowships offer mentoring, research support, and a launchpad to the legal academy. Applications open now — review begins April 20 & 24. #IntellectualProperty #PrivacyLaw #TechnologyLaw #LegalAcademia #LawFellowship
Your data is already out there. What happens next? Join us Apr. 2 for a book discussion with GW Law’s @profferguson.bsky.social on surveillance, AI & justice. Lunch included. Book signing after. 📍Tasher Great Room, 12–1:30 PM. Register: calendar.gwu.edu/event/book-t...
Join us March 23 (4 PM) at the FCC for the Bernard Center Speaker Series with Anita L. Allen of Penn Carey on Privacy or Publicity: Dilemmas of Respect for the Dead. Registration link in comments.
Join GW Law’s RDPI for “Increased Surveillance, Reduced Access to Reproductive Care.” Mar 4 | 12pm | SCC — with Andrew Ferguson, Sara Geoghegan (@epic.org), Briana Torres (@nhelp.bsky.social), Ashley Kurzweil (@npwf.bsky.social), and RDPI Co-Lead Riya Chhabra. Lunch provided!
Join us for the next installment of the Bernard Center Speaker Series: Professor Kate Weisburd of @uclawsf.bsky.social on “The Hidden Automation of Reincarceration”—how surveillance tech can automate reincarceration for people on community supervision. Lunch provided!
Join GW Law's National Security, Cybersecurity, and Foreign Relations for a Women’s History Month fireside chat, Women Leading the Way in Cybersecurity Law, featuring Danielle Hernandez and Jane Horvath! Mar 25 | 12-1:30 PM | 📍Burns Moot Court Room | RSVP to NSLA@law.gwu.edu
Mark your calendars for GWCLT’s Spring 2026 Speaker Series! Each semester, the Bernard Center brings leading scholars to GW Law to share works-in-progress at the cutting edge of IP, privacy, data security, and tech law. Keep an eye out for event details—we hope to see you there!
Join us for the first GWCLT Speaker Series of the semester: Professor @cathaysmith.bsky.social of @chicagokentlaw.bsky.social on “Copyrighting Nature”—when copyright should protect or exclude works created by nature, duplicating nature, or inspired by it. Lunch provided!
Who decides what happens to student data? Join us on #SaferInternetDay, Feb 10th, for a conversation on transparency, trust, and student privacy as AI and classroom tech move faster than the rules. Register at: tinyurl.com/2026studentprivacy
Join us for a panel on “Increased Surveillance, Reduced Access to Reproductive Care.” Panelists Andrew Ferguson, Sara Geoghegan, and Kimberly Chernoby will discuss key reproductive privacy issues impacting Americans in 2026. 📅 Jan 28 | 🕛 12 PM | 📍 SCC 🍽️ Lunch + beverages provided
Join the FCBJ Symposium Feb 6 at @gwlaw.bsky.social for a look at the Federal Circuit beyond patents—federal employment, veterans’ benefits, trade—and what executive action becomes once it reaches appellate review. This year’s theme: “Executive Orders and Their Impact on Government Workers.”
Join EPIC on Wednesday, January 21 at 2 pm ET for a discussion on how surveillance and weak privacy laws threaten health equity and what we can do to build a more privacy-protective future. Register now: epic.org/beyond-hipaa-event
After Dobbs v. Jackson, reproductive data privacy is at the center of the legal spotlight. Professors Suter & Nunziato, @sarageoghegan.bsky.social (@epic.org), and Margot Edinger (RDPI) broke down what’s next. Scholarship drives how law and technology protect digital and reproductive privacy.
Registration now open! The 2025 Berkeley–GW Unified Patent Court (UPC) Institute: a full-day look at the UPC’s global impact on U.S. patent strategy.
📚 The 2025 Meyer Memorial Lecture We welcome David Nimmer (Irell & Manella LLP) to GW Law for “The Copyright Act Never Goes Out of Fashion.” A foremost authority in copyright, he’ll trace how the Act has evolved across five decades. 📅 Nov 12 | 🕕 6 PM | 📍 GW Law FCC 🔗 Registration Link in Comments
A full room joined Professors @daniel-solove.bsky.social @aliciasn.bsky.social, @margotkaminski.bsky.social & @paulohm.bsky.social to reflect on privacy in the age of AI. Can law keep pace with tech? Can it create the right incentives? Books were signed. Ideas will carry forward.
