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Alexandra Givens of Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy with D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine and Georgetown Law Professor David Vladeck at "Tech Foundations for Congressional Staff" on August 13.

Tech Foundations: Congressional Staff Learn the Latest at Georgetown Law

August 16, 2019 Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Today, new technologies are created faster than regulation can keep up — and the legal issues are not always easy to predict. Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy hosts an annual program for congressional staff to help address that gap. This year’s program, the Institute’s third such event, explored the business models, legal frameworks and real-world impact of new and emerging technologies.

Two months after the publication of its groundbreaking reports on the questionable use of police facial recognition technology in U.S. cities, Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology is back in the news.

Center on Privacy & Technology: Making News, Impacting Policy on Facial Recognition Technology

July 11, 2019 Criminal Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Two months after the publication of its groundbreaking reports on the questionable use of police facial recognition technology in U.S. cities, Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology is back in the news. Records obtained by the Center —…

On July 9, Professor Angela Campbell (second from left), who directs the Institute for Public Representation’s Communications & Technology Law Clinic, testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in a hearing on “Protecting Innocence in a Digital World." (Photo Courtesy U.S. Senate)

On the Hill: Professor Angela Campbell on Protecting Children’s Privacy in the Digital Age

July 10, 2019 Clinics Congress Faculty Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

On July 9, Professor Angela Campbell, who directs the Institute for Public Representation’s Communications & Technology Law Clinic, testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in a hearing on “Protecting Innocence in a Digital World, chaired…

Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor, Executive Director Alexandra Givens of Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy, and John K. Delaney (L'88) at the Washington, D.C., Alumni Luncheon on June 11.

Washington, D.C., Alumni Luncheon: Alexandra Givens of the Institute for Technology Law & Policy Talks Tech with John Delaney (L’88)

June 17, 2019 Congress Our Alumni Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

At Georgetown Law’s Washington, D.C., Alumni Luncheon on June 11, Alexandra Givens of the Institute for Technology Law & Policy hosted a conversation with John K. Delaney (L’88) on how technology is transforming society.

As an asteroid buzzes by our planet in early June, Professor David Koplow is working on the problem — as a consultant to NASA on a topic identified as “Planetary Defense.”

Professor David Koplow on Planetary Defense: The Asteroid Problem

June 4, 2019 Faculty International & Comparative Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

The question seems like science fiction or a classic video game: What should be done — legally, of course — if we discover some day that there is a large asteroid on a collision course with Earth?

Professor Laura Donohue, Research Librarian Jeremy McCabe and Adjunct Professor Carrie Cordero launched the Center on National Security's Foreign Intelligence Law Collection. The center's Executive Director, Nadia Asancheyev, introduced the panel.

Center on National Security and the Law Launches Online, Searchable Database of Foreign Intelligence Law

May 24, 2019 International & Comparative Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

On May 23, Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security and the Law launched the Foreign Intelligence Law Collection — a publicly available, online searchable database of all declassified and redacted U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and…

Clare Garvie (L'15), senior associate at the Center on Privacy & Technology, continues her groundbreaking work on police facial recognition practices, with new reports issued this week.

Clare Garvie (L’15) of the Center on Privacy & Technology Continues Groundbreaking Work on Police Facial Recognition

May 16, 2019 Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

On April 28, 2017, a suspect was caught on camera reportedly stealing beer from a CVS in New York City. The store surveillance camera that recorded the incident captured the suspect’s face, but it was partially obscured and highly pixelated. When the…

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan, Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland (H'18), and Judge A. Raymond Randolph with Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor in Hart Auditorium on March 21.

Georgetown Law Hosts Oral Arguments of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

March 21, 2019 Criminal Law Election Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Section 3 first year students Natalie Tverdynin (L'21), Jeremy Penn (L’21) and Akshay Nelakurti (L’21) had some unexpected free time on the morning of March 21. So the three friends went to hear oral arguments of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — with Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland (H’18), Judge Sri Srinivasan and Judge A. Raymond Randolph.

Staff Attorney Lindsey Barrett (L'17), Allegra Kauffman (L'19), Rachel Johns (L'19) and Bridget O'Connell (L'19)(not pictured) worked on a request to the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google. The students participated in the Communications & Technology Law Clinic of Georgetown Law's Institute for Public Representation.

Institute for Public Representation: Protecting Kids Online

February 19, 2019 Clinics Impacting Change Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

During the fall semester at Georgetown Law, Allegra Kauffman (L’19) spent a lot of time downloading apps and playing games she found on Google Play, the app store for the Android operating system.

One of World’s Leading Computer and Network Security Experts Joins Georgetown Faculty

January 7, 2019 Faculty Press Releases Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Matt Blaze, an expert in computer and network security and one of the world’s leading cryptographers, has joined the university as a computer science and law professor.

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