HLS Students: Clinical Forum, Monday April 6th!

Are you interested in getting law school credit by working for real-world clients on cutting-edge legal issues that involve intellectual property, technology, and the Internet?  Come learn about the Cyberlaw Clinic during the HLS Clinical Forum, which takes place on Monday, April 6, 2009from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm on the First Floor of Austin Hall.  Staff from the Clinic will be on hand to answer questions and provide details about their work.

Clinical enrollment for the Fall 2009 term begins on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 9:00 am (EST) and runs through Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 5:00 pm (EST).  The process takes place online, through the MyPlan student registration system, and results will be available through MyPlan on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. 

Students can enroll in the Cyberlaw Clinic for the Fall 2009 semester through any one of several HLS courses.  The list of courses is still being finalized, but the following are confirmed:

• Child Exploitation, Pornography, and the Internet:  Seminar(Rosenfeld/Sacco, Spring 2010);
  
• Cybercrime:  Seminar (Malone, Spring 2010); and
• Practical Lawyering in Cyberspace:  Seminar (Malone, Fall 2009);

The following are tentative:

• Copyright and Trademark Litigation:  TRO to the Supreme Court (Cendali, Fall 2009); and
  
• Intellectual Property Law:  Advanced (Fisher, Spring 2010).
  

Students must register for both the Fall 2009 Cyberlaw Clinic and the related course at the same time, on April 13th / 14th.  This is true even if the related course is not offered until Spring 2010.

More information about the clinical enrollment process can be found at the Clinical Registration page on the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs' website.  Students should also feel free to contact the Cyberlaw Clinic staff with any questions: 

• Phil Malone, Director – pmalone@cyber.harvard.edu– 4-9134;
• Dena Sacco, Ass’t Director – dsacco@law.harvard.edu – 4-9125; and
  
• Christopher Bavitz, Clinical Fellow – cbavitz@cyber.harvard.edu– 6-5155.

The Cyberlaw Clinic, based at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, engages Harvard Law School students in a wide range of real-world litigation, licensing, client counseling, advocacy, and legislative projects and cases, covering a broad spectrum of Internet, new technology, and intellectual property legal issues.  The Clinic was the first of its kind, and it continues its tradition of innovation in its areas of practice.  Among many other areas, the scope of the Clinic’s work includes counseling and legal guidance regarding complex open access, digital copyright, and fair use issues; litigation, amicusfilings, and other advocacy to protect online speech and anonymity; legal resources and advice for citizen journalists; licensing and contract advice, especially regarding Creative Commons and other “open” licenses; patent reexamination requests for overly broad technology patents; and guidance and amicus advocacy for effective but balanced protection of children in the areas of social networking, child pornography, and online exploitation.  More information can be found athttp://cyber.harvard.edu/clinical.