- Bio
Andrew Rens, obtained BA and subsequently LLB (equivalent of JD) degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, before working as a lawyer in private practise. His next real job was for the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration during the start up of this independent government agency for the resolution of labour disputes. He left the CCMA to engage in teaching and human rights litigation as an attorney at the Wits Law Clinic while he completed his Master of Laws, focusing on Intellectual Property Issues on the Internet at Wits Law School where he subsequently taught Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Space and Satellite, and Media Law and pioneered a course in Information Technology Law.
Mr. Rens is the Legal Lead for Creative Commons South Africa, and currently resides in San Francisco where he works on issues around access to knowledge, collaborative creative works and the Digital Divide.
