The George Washington University Law School
2000 H Street, NW | Washington, DC 20052
Phone: (202) 994-9514 | Fax: (202) 994-9817 | Email

 
 
   
 
 


2008
  • "A New Framework for Understanding Privacy"
    Privacy Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (August 19, 2008) (upcoming)

  • “The Future of Reputation; Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet”
    Darklight Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland (June 27, 2008)

  • Organizer, 1st Annual Berkeley-GW Privacy Law Scholars Conference
    George Washington University, Washington, DC (June 12-13, 2008)

  • "Understanding Privacy"
    Treasury Executive Institute (U.S. Mint), Washington, DC (June 10, 2008)

  • "Understanding Privacy"
    Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (June 9, 2008)

  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada (May 31, 2008)

  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Borders Bookstore, Lancaster, PA (May 8, 2008)
  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Int'l Assoc. of Privacy Professionals 2008 Summit, Washington, DC (Mar. 27, 2008)
  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA (Feb. 11, 2008)
  • Keynote, "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    British Columbia Government's 2008 Privacy and Security Conference
    Victoria, BC, Canada (Feb. 7, 2008)
  • Panelist, 4th Annual State of the Net Conference
    Congressional Internet Caucus, Washington, DC (Jan. 30, 2008)
  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Case Western University School of Law, Cleveland, OH (Jan. 23, 2008)
  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    America Online, Dulles, VA (Jan. 14, 2008)


2007

  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Symposium: Reputation Economies in Cyberspace
    Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (Dec. 8, 2007)
  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Washington, DC (Nov. 5, 2007)
  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Drexel University College of Law, Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 29, 2007)
  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Treasury Executive Institute, Washington, DC (Oct. 24, 2007)
  • "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Oct. 8, 2007)
  • Participant, Privacy Workshop
    U.C. Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, CA (June 22, 2007)
  • “Data Mining and the Security-Liberty Debate”
    University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL (June 15-16, 2007)
  • “'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy”
    University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA (Apr. 26-28, 2007)
  • “Information, Technology, and Privacy: What's Next?” Moderator
    AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (Jan. 5, 2007)


2006

  • Panelist, “Blogging”
    Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Palm Beach, FL (July 20, 2006)
  • “Is 2006 the Year for a Comprehensive Federal Privacy Law?” Panelist
    Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference, Washington, DC (May 3, 2006)
  • "A Tale of Two Bloggers: Free Speech and Privacy in the Blogosphere"
    Symposium: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship
    Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (Apr. 28, 2006)
  • “Identity Management Symposium”
    Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Apr. 25, 2006)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Library of Congress, Washington, DC (Apr. 11, 2006)
  • “Digital Dossiers: Privacy in the Information Age”
    Dinner Lecture and Discussion: Is There Privacy in 2006?
    Cosmos Club, Washington, DC (Apr. 6, 2006)
  • “A Taxonomy of Privacy”
    University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA (Feb. 3, 2006)
  • “Digital Dossiers: Privacy in the Information Age”
    Santa Clara University School of Law, San Jose, CA (Jan. 27, 2006)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    University of Puerto Rico Law School, San Juan, PR (Jan. 14, 2006)
  • “Rethinking Privacy in the Digital Age”
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (Jan. 11, 2006)


2005

  • Panelist, “National Security and Electronic Surveillance”
    George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC (Oct. 19, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Millersville University, Lancaster, PA (Sept. 20, 2005)
  • “Government Use of Commercial Data”
    Privacy and Technology: Exploring Government Use of Commercial Data for Homeland Security
    Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (Sept. 8, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Congressional Briefing: Protecting Privacy -- Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)
    Rayburn House Office Building, Room B369, Washington, DC (June 23, 2005)
  • “Current Issues in Privacy Law”
    PLI Fifth Annual Institute on Privacy Law, New York, NY (June 20, 2005)
  • “The Law of Identification”
    Conference: National ID at a Crossroads
    Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, DC (June 6, 2005)
  • “Author Meets Reader: The Digital Person”
    Law and Society Conference, Las Vegas, NV (June 2, 2005)
  • Keynote, “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference, Seattle, WA (Apr. 14, 2005)
  • “Data Mining and Public Records”
    Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference, Seattle, WA (Apr. 14, 2005)
  • “Fourth Amendment Codification: A Critique of Professor Kerr's Case for Judicial Restraint”
    Symposium: Law and the Information Society
    Fordham Law School, New York, NY (Apr. 7-8, 2005)
  • “A Taxonomy of Privacy”
    Washington University Law School, St. Louis, MO (Mar. 31, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Washington University Law School, St. Louis, MO (Mar. 31, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC (Mar. 24, 2005)
  • Keynote, “The Digital Person and the Future of Privacy”
    Conference: Implementing PIPEDA: Internet Privacy Statements and On-Line Practices
    University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario (Mar. 18, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Harvard Law School, Boston, MA (Mar. 15, 2005)
  • “A Taxonomy of Privacy”
    International Association of Privacy Professionals, Washington, DC. (Mar. 10, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, CA (Mar. 8, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA (Mar. 7, 2005)
  • Keynote, “Data Privacy in a Digital World”
    Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues
    SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX (Mar. 4, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Columbia Law School, New York, NY (Feb. 22, 2005)
  • “Profiling the Digital Person”
    U.S. Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office, Washington, DC (Feb. 16, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Yale Barnes & Noble Bookstore, New Haven, CT (Feb. 10, 2005)
  • “Understanding Information Privacy in the Digital Age”
    Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (Feb. 10, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA (Jan. 25, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Temple Law School, Philadelphia, PA (Jan. 25, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Washington, DC (Jan. 19, 2005)
  • Testimony, “RFID Tags and Information Privacy”
    National Committee for Vital Health Statistics, Washington, DC (Jan. 11, 2005)
  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Jan. 8, 2005)


2004

  • “The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age”
    Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Lancaster, PA (Dec. 28, 2004)
  • “The Patriot Act and Privacy”
    George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC (Nov. 17, 2004)
  • “Financial Privacy”
    Fourth Reed Smith Roundtable of the Financial Industry, Washington, DC (Oct. 27-28, 2004)
  • “Privacy and the Digital Person”
    Symposium: Privacy and Identity
    De Paul University College of Law, Chicago, IL (Oct. 14-15, 2004)
  • “Macbeth and the Consequences of Murder”
    George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC (Oct. 6, 2004)
  • “Emerging Issues in Privacy Law”
    Symposium: Freedom 2.0
    Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, DC (May 22, 2004)
  • “Melville’s Billy Budd and Security in Times of Crisis”
    Symposium: Richard Weisberg’s The Failure of the Word and the Rise of Law and Literature.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY (Apr. 18, 2004)
  • “Access and Aggregation: Public Access to Court Records”
    Conference: Technology and Its Impact on New Jersey’s Federal Courts.
    Federal Bench Bar Forum, New Brunswick, NJ (Apr. 14, 2004)
  • “The Legal Construction of Identity Theft”
    Symposium: Digital Cops in a Virtual Environment
    Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (Mar. 26-28, 2004)
  • “The New Vulnerability: Data Security and Personal Information”
    Symposium: Securing Privacy in the Internet Age.
    Stanford Law School, Paolo Alto, CA (Mar. 14-15, 2004)
  • “The Virtues of Knowing Less: Justifying Privacy Protections Against Disclosure”
    Hofstra Law School, Hempstead, NY (Jan. 29, 2004)

2003
  • “The Virtues of Knowing Less: Justifying Privacy Protections Against Disclosure”
    George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC (Nov. 20, 2003)
  • “Reconstructing Electronic Surveillance Law”
    Symposium: The Future of Internet Surveillance Law
    George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC (Oct. 23, 2003)
  • “The Origins and Growth of Information Privacy Law”
    PLI Fourth Annual Institute on Privacy Law, New York, NY (June 23, 2003)
  • “Beyond Total Information Awareness: The Future of Government Information Gathering”
    Conference: Privacy and Technology: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
    National Press Club, Washington, DC (June 2, 2003)
  • “Privacy, Public Records, and the Constitution”
    Conference: Uniting Privacy and the First Amendment in the 21st Century
    California Office of Privacy Protection, Oakland, CA (May 9, 2003)
  • “Privacy in the Information Age”
    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Apr. 10, 2003)


2002

  • “Identity Theft and the Architecture of Vulnerability”
    Symposium: Enforcing Privacy
    Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, CA (Nov. 16, 2002)
  • “Robert Post and Privacy: Community, Norms, and Practices”
    Symposium: Enforcing Privacy
    Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, CA (Nov. 15, 2002)
  • “Access and Aggregation: Privacy and Court Records”
    Conference: Privacy and Court Records
    New Jersey Judicial Administration Forum, New Brunswick, NJ (Sept. 20, 2002)
  • “Electronic Privacy and the Government”
    PLI Third Annual Institute on Privacy Law, New York, NY (June 24, 2002)
  • “New Rights for a New World: Cyberspace and the Problem of Privacy”
    Symposium: Rights: Philosophical Foundations and Practical Possibilities
    American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (Mar. 28, 2002)
  • “Privacy, Public Records, and the Constitution”
    Symposium: Modern Studies in Privacy Law
    University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN (Feb. 9, 2002)
  • “Cyberspace and Privacy: Understanding the New Architecture of Power”
    AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (Jan. 6, 2002)


2001

  • “Information Gathering and Privacy: Toward a New Paradigm”
    Symposium: Information Gathering in the 21st Century
    Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ (Nov. 16, 2001)
  • “Privacy, Electronic Surveillance, and the USA-Patriot Act”
    America's New War on Terrorism: The Changing Legal Landscape
    Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ (Nov. 7, 2001)
  • “Conceptualizing Information Privacy in Cyberspace”
    Association of Internet Researchers 2.0, Minneapolis, MN (Oct. 12, 2001)
  • “Kafka vs. Orwell: Metaphors for Information Privacy”
    Emory Law School, Atlanta, GA (Apr. 20, 2001)


2000 and Earlier

  • “Napster and DoubleClick: The Internet, Copyright, and Privacy”
    Columbia Law School Alumni Association of New Jersey, Newark, NJ (Oct. 18, 2000)
  • “Postures of Judging: Dworkin vs. Dostoyevsky”
    Law and Humanities Institute, New York, NY (Apr. 1997)