Fall 2014
Class meetings: Thursday 2-5 Room 36-156
Course Calendar
| Week | Topic | Preparation |
| 1: September 4 | Introduction to Internet Law | Assignment 0 is due on September 3. |
| 2: September 11 | The Internet and Freedom of Expression | Assignment from last week (see last week’s class page) is due on September 9 Reading for each week is described on that week’s class page |
| 3: September 18 | Internet Intermediary Liability and Mock Congressional Hearing | Readings on intermediary liability Prepare for your role in the hearing, with writing due Sept. 18 or Sept. 21 depending on your role. |
| 4: September 25 | Copyright fundamentals | Workshop #1: policy writing, summary & synthesis Link to Workshop Handouts Term paper: form groups on Sept. 25 |
| 5: October 2 | Fourth Amendment fundamentals | Readings on Fourth Amendment cases Term paper: topic description due Sept. 29 |
| 6: October 9 | Electronic Surveillance, Internet Data and Pervasive Sensor Networks | Read cases on surveillance Workshop #2: how to do policy research Term paper: detailed paper plan due Oct. 7 |
| 7: October 16 | Big data and big surveillance in the national security realm | Readings on FISA and surveillance |
| 8: October 23 | In-depth look at the President’s Intelligence Review Group; The Encryption Controversy | Special Guest: Prof. Peter Swire, member of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology Workshop #3: distilling the paper; peer review; abstract writing Term paper: extended abstract due Oct. 24 |
| 9: October 30 | Consumer privacy, Big Data, and Fair Information Practices | Readings on privacy |
| 10: November 6 | New Perspectives on Privacy, Security and Accountability | Special guest: Bruce Schneier Readings on information accountability Workshop #4: [TBD depending on student needs] Term paper: partial draft due Nov. 7 |
| 11: November 13 | Cybersecurity; Moot Court | Readings on cybersecurity Briefs and position papers for moot court due, Wednesday Nov.12. Other papers due Monday, Nov. 17 |
| 12: November 20 | Net Neutrality and the End-to-End Internet | Readings on net neutrality Special guests: Alan Davidson and Dave Clark |
| Thanksgiving | Term paper: complete draft due Nov. 24 | |
| 3: December 4 | Final project presentations and Conclusion | No readings this week. Each group gives a 5-minute oral presentation on their project. Term paper: final paper due Dec. 10 (No extensions) |
Student Papers
| Richard Ni and Jason Leung | Safety and Liability of Autonomous Vehicle Technologies |
| Fayven Bastani and Tiffany Tang | Improving Security of Wireless Communication in Medical Devices |