Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy (BLIP) Clinic

05/21/2024

BLIP gang at the Yankees Game

04/24/2024

Congratulations to Joseph Verde ’26 for winning the BLIP x Legal Hackers Hackathon, a competition featuring proposals "detailing a legal and technology-based solution for any issue within the broader topic of political process reform."

Verde’s entry recommended addressing the escalating impact social media platforms have on elections by proposing that social media companies be subject to the same standards as traditional broadcast media. This would enable candidates to engage in the political process on popular platforms without concerns of private censorship.

04/17/2024

A BLIP Clinic victory on the copyrightability of AI-assisted writing. Let's see how the dominos fall where the law of unintended consequences meets the random walk. Perhaps only the AI could predict the lay of the land ten years down the road -- How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright:

Elisa Shupe was initially rebuffed when she tried to copyright a book she wrote with help from ChatGPT. Now the US Copyright Office has changed course—but there’s a catch.

04/04/2024

Join us Friday, April 5, from 1 to 3:30 pm, for "EFT Spots and Crypto Bots: The Evolving Frontier of Fintech Law and Policy."

The fintech landscape is ever changing; with the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, crypto has achieved a new level of mainstream credibility. In markets and trading news, validator bribery is a phenomenon reminiscent of the events in the 2010s that inspired 2015’s Flash Boys by Michael Lewis. And the new revolution in AI software over the last year may have implications for crypto and traditional trading that may resemble bots trading against each other and a few human retail traders on the periphery.

The program will include a law and policy Q&A with Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and an expert panel featuring Jason P. Gottlieb, Partner & Chair, Digital Assets and Chair, White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement, Morrison Cohen; Vijay Raghavan, Associate Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; Kayvan Sadeghi, Partner, Jenner & Block; and moderator Peter Scoolidge ’08, Partner, Scoolidge, Peters, Russotti & Fox LLP.

Register: https://www.brooklaw.edu/News-and-Events/Events/2024/2024_04_05
CLE Credit Offered

03/09/2024

In case you missed it! The latest BLIP Clinic Newsletter featuring Legal Tech and BLIP Clinic News is now available. Subscribe to have a curated selection of legal tech updates, clinic news, upcoming events, and sneak peeks of future podcast episodes sent directly to your inbox!

The Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy (BLIP) Clinic was established to train a new generation of lawyers well-versed across the spectrum of issues and skills needed to represent emerging tech, Internet, communications, and new media companies.

Newsletter: https://blipclinic.substack.com/p/february-22-2024?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

03/09/2024

Can the U.S., innovate its way to a democracy that better serves people in the digital age? As the 2024 presidential election cycle kicks off, we hosted a panel on politics, democracy, and public policy, including financier Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump communications director; former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who founded the Forward Party; and professors Charles Wheelan, of Dartmouth College, and Beth Simone Noveck, of Northeastern University. The event was moderated by Jerome Grazioli ’19. They discussed the role of tech and AI in elections, Congressional dysfunction, the presidential race and more. Read the story. https://www.brooklaw.edu/News-and-Events/News/2024/03/Innovating-American-Politics-Panel-Reimagines-Democracy-for-Digital-Era
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02/29/2024

We're hosting what should be an interesting discussion on Monday evening: Innovating American Politics: Reimagining Democracy in the Digital Age -

As the 2024 Presidential election cycle kicks off, the United States seems to be at an inflection point. That wonderful experiment that began 235 years ago at the Philadelphia Convention, which was to be by the people and for the people, has become under-productive and highly dysfunctional. So how d...

02/06/2024

The has launched a newsletter on with the latest news and trends in tech law and legal tech, along with a “BLIP Spotlight” highlighting the innovative work of our student BLIPicians:

Welcome to the BLIP Clinic Newsletter We look forward to delivering to your inbox a rundown of the latest news and trends in legal technology, along with a “BLIP Spotlight” highlighting the innovative work of our student “BLIPicians.” As the inaugural editorial team (comprised entirely of gr...

09/10/2023

Congrats Prof Jonathan Askin!

Finalists have been named for the 2023 American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology. Winners will be announced at a gala dinner at Gaylo...