Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Founder and Director of the School's Center for Internet and Society. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was the Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Lessig was also a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and a Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. In 2001, he was once again listed among the "visionaries" on Business Week's "e.biz25," the magazine's roundup of the 25 most influential people in electronic business. Lessig earned a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge, and a JD from Yale. Professor Lessig has started a weblog: Lessig Blog. Lawrence Lessig is the founder of the Center for Internet & Society.
Jennifer Stisa Granick joined Stanford Law School in January 2001, as Lecturer in Law and Executive Director of the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). She teaches, speaks and writes on the full spectrum of Internet law issues including computer crime, national security and constitutional rights, and electronic surveillance, areas in which her expertise is recognized nationally.
Granick came to Stanford after almost a decade practicing criminal defense law in California. Her experience includes stints at the Office of the State Public Defender and at a number of criminal defense boutiques, before founding the Law Offices of Jennifer S. Granick, where she focused on hacker defense and other computer law representations at the trial and appellate level in state and federal court. At Stanford, she currently teaches the Cyberlaw Clinic, one of the nation's few law and technology litigation clinics.
Granick continues to consult on computer crime cases and serves on the Board of Directors of the Honeynet Project, which collects data on computer intrusions for the purposes of developing defensive tools and practices. She earned her law degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law and her undergraduate degree from the New College of the University of South Florida.
Lauren Gelman has written, commented and lectured on Internet Law issues since 1995. She is currently the Associate Director of Stanford Law School's public interest technology law and policy program, the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, responsible for the daily operations of the Center, and for directing and conducting research on the interaction of new technologies and the law.
Ms. Gelman comes to Stanford from Washington, DC where she served as the Public Policy Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the first on-line civil liberties organization, and as the Associate Director of Public Policy for ACM, the largest association of computer scientist in the world. In DC she worked with Congress, clients, the media and corporate officials in coalition building, public education and outreach on Internet policy issues including free speech, computer security and encryption research, research funding, appropriate protection of intellectual property and universal access. She also rode the dot-come wave as Corporate Counsel for RealNames Corporation.
Ms. Gelman is a frequent speaker on the integration of new technologies into society. She received a B.S. in Biology and Society from Cornell University, a M.S. in Science, Technology and Public Policy from George Washington University, and a law degree from Georgetown University.
Recent Activities
5.2.2003- Testimony before Bipartisan Commission on Internet Political Practices
4.2.2003- Panel Moderator, The Patriot Act II, Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference
2.27.2003- Appearance on "Talking with Henrietta," Channel 27 Palo Alto
2.14.2003- "The Public Domain," talk at Duke University Law School
Joanne Newman is the clinical Legal Assistant for the Center for Internet and Society. For the past seven years, Ms. Newman worked as a senior paralegal for Van Der Hout and Brigagliano, specializing in immigration, asylum and deportation defense law, as well as national civil rights class action cases. Ms. Newman is also the legal assistant to Stanford Law School's Youth and Education Law Project. She has a BA from UC Berkeley in Development Studies, and an MS from UC Davis in International Agricultural Development.
Jake Wachman is the Center's new Web Guru, Graphic Designer, and User Interface Designer. A rising sophomore majoring in Management Science & Engineering, Jake escaped Boston for Stanford in August 2002.
Kathryn Yu is the Center's Web/Graphic Guru emeritus.