About the Technology Law Clinic

The Technology Law Clinic (TLC) works with organizational clients on issues related to how the government’s use of technology affects the lives of real people, especially in the context of law enforcement investigations and the criminal legal system.

Students work in teams on matters that advance their client’s advocacy goals and use whatever lawyering approach makes the most sense in context. This could include litigation, legislative advocacy, public education, seeking or analyzing public records, or pursuing policy change. Students get to do deep legal research, extensive writing, and advise their clients on advocacy strategy.

In past semesters, students have worked on a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology, probabilistic genotyping (DNA analysis) software, cell phone and other device searches, social media monitoring, police body worn cameras, jail and prison monitoring of emails between clients and their legal teams, and gunshot detection technology, among other topics.

The Technology Law Clinic is directed by Professor Megan Graham. 

Prospective clients

The Technology Law Clinic works on issues at the intersection of the government’s use of technology and people’s rights and civil liberties. Many, but not all, of the clinic’s matters address how technology is being deployed in the criminal legal system. Most of TLC’s clients are organizations that focus on civil rights, civil liberties, press freedom, government transparency, and/or public defense issues.

The TLC takes on both litigation and non-litigation matters, deploying the lawyering strategy that best serves clients’ needs and goals.