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Note: Answers to weekly questions are, barring an annoucement to the contrary, due at midnight Tuesday. Reponses to other student answers are due midnight Wednesday. The details of this process will be explained at the first class session; there are no questions for week one. 
 
 

SESSION TOPIC OUTSIDE PARTICIPANT(S) OTHER
Classes begin for all students 
September 8 
     
Session 1 
September 10 
Jumping into the DNS Mess    
Session 2 
September 17 
Technology of Sovereignty and the Sovereignty of Technology - Neil Postman, NYU 
- M. Fabrice Jaumont, French Consulate  
- Geoffrey Kelley, Quebec Parliament
 
Session 3 
September 24Peeking, Prosecuting, and P3P: The Regulation of Internet Privacy 
- Toby Levin, FTC 
- Jorian Clark, Kidscom 
- David Sobel, EPIC 
- Joe Reagle, BCIS 
 
Session 4 
October 1 
The Harmful Speech Hot Potato    
Session 5 
October 8 
Identifying the Threads of Cyberlaw—Review and paper topic discussion   Deadline for deciding on paper vs. exam 
Special Tuesday Session 
October 13 
Moot Court    
Session 6 
October 15 
Madisonian Mudslinging - David Goldstone, DOJ 
- Stefan Wray & Ricardo Dominguez, EDT 
- Andrew Shapiro, BCIS 
- Molly Van Houweling, BCIS 
Paper abstracts due
Session 7 
October 22 
Network Economics   Abstract comments due
Session 8 
October 29 
Gathering Up the Threads    
Fly-out week 
November 5 
No class    
Session 9 
November 12 
Cheap Speech and Who Wants to Stop It    
Session 10 
November 19 
Trusted Systems: Fair Use vs. Forcefields   Paper rough drafts due
Thanksgiving 
November 26 
No class    
Session 11 
December 3 
Law, Code, and Kids   Paper comments due
Session 12 
December 10 
Tying it All Together?   Exam distributed
Exams 
December 12-22 
No class   Papers and exams due Dec. 22