Classes
As Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, John’s teaching involves:
- “Internet, Law, and Politics“
- “Practical Lawyering in Cyberspace,” with Phil Malone and Jeffrey Cunard.
- “Cyberlaw and the Global Economy“
- “Digital Democracy,” led by Prof. Charles Nesson and a group of Berkman Center fellows.
- “Internet Law Colloquium,” with Profs. Fisher, Nesson, and Zittrain.
Outside of Harvard Law School, John has also taught:
- “The Law of the Internet,” a freshman seminar at Harvard College (fall, 2005, and fall, 2006)
- “Law and Economics of Cyberspace,” with Prof. Urs Gasser, a seminar at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) (spring, 2006)
- “Internet & Society: the Technologies and Politics of Control” at the Harvard Extension School (2002 - 2005)
- a Study Group, with Prof. Jonathan Zittrain at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government (spring, 2003).
Teaching and Research Interests
- Intellectual property
- International e-commerce
- Internet and democracy
- Internet governance
- Legal and regulatory control of online technologies
- Citizens’ media
