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📍 GW Law | Washington, D.C.
⚖️ Driving the conversation and building careers at the intersection of law & tech.
Discover our research, events, and initiatives: law.gwu.edu/center-law-and-technology
Join GW Law's National Security, Cybersecurity, and Foreign Relations for a Women’s History Month fireside chat, Women Leading the Way in Cybersecurity Law, featuring Danielle Hernandez and Jane Horvath!
Mar 25 | 12-1:30 PM | 📍Burns Moot Court Room | RSVP to NSLA@law.gwu.edu
February 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Mark your calendars for GWCLT’s Spring 2026 Speaker Series!

Each semester, the Bernard Center brings leading scholars to GW Law to share works-in-progress at the cutting edge of IP, privacy, data security, and tech law. Keep an eye out for event details—we hope to see you there!
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Join us for the first GWCLT Speaker Series of the semester: Professor @cathaysmith.bsky.social of @chicagokentlaw.bsky.social on “Copyrighting Nature”—when copyright should protect or exclude works created by nature, duplicating nature, or inspired by it. Lunch provided!
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Who decides what happens to student data? Join us on #SaferInternetDay, Feb 10th, for a conversation on transparency, trust, and student privacy as AI and classroom tech move faster than the rules.

Register at: tinyurl.com/2026studentprivacy
February 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
UPDATE: Event postponed due to weather. Stay tuned for updates!
January 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Join us for a panel on “Increased Surveillance, Reduced Access to Reproductive Care.”

Panelists Andrew Ferguson, Sara Geoghegan, and Kimberly Chernoby will discuss key reproductive privacy issues impacting Americans in 2026.

📅 Jan 28 | 🕛 12 PM | 📍 SCC
🍽️ Lunch + beverages provided
January 21, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Join the FCBJ Symposium Feb 6 at @gwlaw.bsky.social for a look at the Federal Circuit beyond patents—federal employment, veterans’ benefits, trade—and what executive action becomes once it reaches appellate review. This year’s theme: “Executive Orders and Their Impact on Government Workers.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by GW Center for Law & Technology: The Bernard Center
Join EPIC on Wednesday, January 21 at 2 pm ET for a discussion on how surveillance and weak privacy laws threaten health equity and what we can do to build a more privacy-protective future.

Register now: epic.org/beyond-hipaa-event
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
After Dobbs v. Jackson, reproductive data privacy is at the center of the legal spotlight. Professors Suter & Nunziato, @sarageoghegan.bsky.social (@epic.org), and Margot Edinger (RDPI) broke down what’s next.

Scholarship drives how law and technology protect digital and reproductive privacy.
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Registration now open!
The 2025 Berkeley–GW Unified Patent Court (UPC) Institute: a full-day look at the UPC’s global impact on U.S. patent strategy.
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
📚 The 2025 Meyer Memorial Lecture

We welcome David Nimmer (Irell & Manella LLP) to GW Law for “The Copyright Act Never Goes Out of Fashion.”

A foremost authority in copyright, he’ll trace how the Act has evolved across five decades.

📅 Nov 12 | 🕕 6 PM | 📍 GW Law FCC
🔗 Registration Link in Comments
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A full room joined Professors @daniel-solove.bsky.social @aliciasn.bsky.social, @margotkaminski.bsky.social & @paulohm.bsky.social to reflect on privacy in the age of AI.

Can law keep pace with tech? Can it create the right incentives?

Books were signed.
Ideas will carry forward.
October 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The GW Center for Law & Technology: The Bernard Center is thrilled to welcome four new
faculty members. Join us in giving them a warm welcome!

Read their full bios here: www.law.gwu.edu/amping-tech-...
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Exciting news! 🎉 GW Law’s Center for Law & Technology has been named “The GW Center for Law and Technology: The Bernard Center” in honor of GW Law alum Eugene Bernard and his wife, Barbara. Their generosity supports GW’s leadership in AI, Cybersecurity, IP, Privacy & Tech Law
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
📚 The GWCLT Speaker Series is back!

For our first Fall 2025 lecture, we welcome 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗵 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂𝗯𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘁 (@cardozoclihhr.bsky.social) to speak on 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲.

📅 Mon, Oct. 6 | 🕛 12–1 PM
📍 Student Conference Center, GW Law
🥪 Lunch provided | RSVP in comments
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Join us for a discussion on @daniel-solove.bsky.social's newest book, 𝙊𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮.

Panelists include:
- margotkaminski.bsky.social
- paulohm.bsky.social
- aliciasn.bsky.social

📅 Thu, Sept. 25 | 🕓 4–5 PM
📍 Tasher Great Room, Jacob Burns Law Library
🔗 RSVP in comments
September 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Please join us Friday, November 14, 2025, for our annual PTAB roundtable discussion.

A casual lunch will be provided before the program and a reception will follow. The event is complimentary.

Register Here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-pta...
September 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One Week Away! 🚀

GWCLT’s West Coast Launch: The Bernard Center is Sept. 17 at 5 PM in Palo Alto.

Hosted by Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew and Professors Daniel Solove (@daniel-solove.bsky.social) & Robert Brauneis.

📍 650 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, CA
🍴 Reception hosted by Wilson Sonsini
September 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Join us for food, drinks, and a conversation that matters: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙮.

📅 Sept. 10 | 🕛 12 PM | 📍 STU 201
September 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Faculty spotlight: Prof. Mary Catherine Amerine’s (@biglawgothgf.bsky.social‬) article on copyright of interviews was cited extensively in the S.D.N.Y. opinion tossing Trump’s suit over Bob Woodward’s recordings.
August 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Student Spotlight: Noor Butt (GW Law ’25)

Congrats to Noor, whose article on AI & copyright law won the PA Bar IP Law Section Writing Contest!

📄 Now published in the Spring '25 Newsletter
🏛️ She’ll present her work to the IP Section—continuing the conversation on authorship in the age of AI.
June 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
📅 Save the Date: Sept 17, 2025 | 5PM
📍 Wilson Sonsini, Palo Alto, CA

Join GW Law Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew and GWCLT leaders for an evening with west coast alumni & tech law professionals. Let’s talk about the future of law & tech—and how we’re shaping it.
June 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
GW Law Munich 2025 🇩🇪

From IP & AI to privacy & internet law, we spent a month learning, exploring, and connecting—thanks to brilliant faculty, generous hosts at MIPLC, and the moments in between.

Leaving Munich with full hearts, new ideas, and a little more perspective than we came with.
June 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ariana & Monica have been the creative force behind GWCLT’s newsletters and social media for the past two years—highlighting faculty, celebrating students & keeping our community connected. We're deeply grateful for all their efforts and can’t wait to see what they do next as GW alumni. 👏
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A heartfelt thanks to the team at Fieldfisher Munich for taking time out of their busy day to host us.
We learned so much about EU law, dispute resolution, and legal training—and truly appreciated the attorneys who stuck around to chat over Bavarian nibbles and skyline views. 🥨🌇
June 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM