Georgetown Law has two clinics doing applied work in technology law and policy, plus an exciting array of practicum courses and externships.

Clinics

• Communications & Technology Law Clinic. Students spend a semester working full-time on cases involving communications policy and law, addressing issues such as access to affordable broadband service, protecting children from unfair and deceptive web advertising, or compliance with children’s privacy rules.
• Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic. Launched in Spring 2020, the iPIP Clinic focuses on strategic counseling for individuals, non-profit organizations, and consumer groups engaged with intellectual property and information policy matters from a public interest perspective.

Practicums & Externships

• Computer Programming for Lawyers. In two classes designed to give law students a strong working knowledge of technological tools, Prof. Paul Ohm teaches students to code in Python and understand the Linux command line. The class is designed for students with no prior coding experience. Experienced coders may take an intermediate class that focuses on specific client problems.
• Technology Impact Lab. In this interdisciplinary, cross-campus course, students from across Georgetown will investigate the facts underlying serious technology policy questions by deploying technical approaches, such as analyzing computer network traffic for privacy leaks. Students will consult with and serve partners such as nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and individuals, selected to maximize both pedagogical value and societal and individual impact.
• National Security Crisis Simulation. Students simulate the work of the National Security Council during a mock national security crisis supervised by Prof. Laura Donohue and a team of volunteer practitioners.
• Students work in externships at public interest organizations, technology companies, law firms and in federal courts.