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GW Center for Law & Technology: The Bernard Center

The Bernard Center provides education, events, scholarship, and dialogue about intellectual property, privacy, data security, and technology law. Internally, the Bernard Center is divided into two important areas of academic areas within GW Law:

The Programs


Center Highlights

GW Law adds a new Journal of Law and Technology

GW JOLT will present articles, essays, and student notes on law and technology issues including, intellectual property, privacy, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital health, online social media, behavioral advertising, and other existing and emerging areas of technology related law.


Events

 

All Events & Speakers


Resources & Projects

Download the Bernard Center Brochure (PDF)


Student Opportunities

Publications

  • Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT)
  • The American IP Law Association Quarterly Journal (AIPLA QJ)
  • The Federal Circuit Bar Journal (FCBJ)
  • The Federal Communications Law Journal (FCLJ)
  • The IP and Entertainment Law Brief (IPEL)

Center Leadership

Robert Brauneis

Center Faculty Co-Director; Co-Director, Intellectual Property Law Program

rbraunatlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu (rbraun[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)

Daniel Justin Solove

Center Faculty Co-Director; Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law

dsoloveatlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu (dsolove[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)

John M. Whealan

Center Director; Associate Dean, Intellectual Property Law

jwhealanatlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu (jwhealan[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)

Adrienne E. Fowler

Center Deputy Director; Bernard Assistant Dean, Privacy and Technology Law

adrienne [dot] fowleratlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu (adrienne[dot]fowler[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)


News

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Pushing the Frontiers of IP & Tech Law

GW Law is poised to tackle the ongoing challenge of AI in the legal field with the soon-to-be-launched Center for Law and Technology.

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GW Law's new Center for Law and Technology offers 'robust' privacy program

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) features an articles about the new Center for Law and Technology at GW Law.

Faculty in the News

"Meta's AI tool Llama 'almost entirely' memorized Harry Potter book, study finds"

Mashable quoted Robert Brauneis saying the likelihood that LLMs are memorizing more than previously thought changes the copyright analysis.

"At Indiana U., Professors Spar With Administrators Over Nighttime Protests"

The Chronicle of Higher Education quoted Mary Anne Franks on courts "not putting up with this kind of similarly open violation of the First Amendment.”

"California didn’t want to deploy National Guard, but Trump did it anyway. We last saw this in 1965."

San Francisco Chronicle quoted Laura Dickinson on the deployment of the National Guard in response to LA protests.

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