Technology in the Law School Curriculum
Professor Christopher T. Bavitz
WilmerHale Clinical Professor of Law,
Managing Director, Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Lawyers must understand digital technology in order to provide high-quality legal services. This is clearly true for attorneys who advise clients on substantive tech law issues (e.g., privacy and intellectual property). But, it applies with equal force to lawyers working in non-tech fields, who may leverage efficiencies afforded by technology in support of law practice or to facilitate efforts to increase access to justice. More and more attorneys (and, in turn, law students) see the benefits of going beyond a high-level understanding of technology to develop a deeper understanding of the mechanics of hardware and software.
Immersing oneself in the nuts-and-bolts of code, for example, can have direct benefits (to the extent that it enhances one’s ability to build new tools and understand the tools they use in day-to-day practice) and indirect benefits (to the extent that it offers exposure to new modes of analytical thinking and approaches to solving problems). This webinar will address some of the ways in which law teachers are integrating technology into the law school curriculum and will highlight specifics efforts underway at HLS to ensure students have a diverse range of opportunities for exposure to tech.
Christopher T. Bavitz is the WilmerHale Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he co-teaches the Counseling and Legal Strategy in the Digital Age seminar and teaches the seminar, Music & Digital Media. He is also Managing Director of HLS’s Cyberlaw Clinic, based at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. And, he is a Faculty Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center. Chris concentrates his practice on intellectual property and media law, particularly in the areas of music, entertainment, and technology. He oversees many of the Clinic’s projects relating to copyright, speech, advising of startups, and the use of technology to support access to justice, and he serves as the HLS Dean’s Designate to Harvard’s Innovation Lab.
Prior to joining the Clinic, Chris served as Senior Director of Legal Affairs for EMI Music North America. From 1998-2002, Chris was a litigation associate at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and RubinBaum LLP / Rubin Baum Levin Constant & Friedman, where he focused on copyright and trademark matters. Chris received his B.A., cum laude, from Tufts University in 1995 and his J.D. from University of Michigan Law School in 1998.
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