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How Is Privacy Not a Class at all Law Schools?

Posted on March 11, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

Deven Desai writes:

Privacy law does not exist, but it should be taught at every law school. There is no one law of privacy. That is why I love teaching Information Privacy (Solove and Schwartz (Aspen) is the text I use). The class requires students to reengage with and apply torts, Constitutional law (First and Fourth Amendment at least), and statutory interpretation. It also lends itself to learning about sectoral approaches to regulation in health, finance, commerce, and education. Given that the idea and problems of privacy are everywhere, there are jobs in them thar hills. Yet, schools often see the course as a luxury or somehow part of IP. That is a mistake.

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1 thought on “How Is Privacy Not a Class at all Law Schools?”

  1. Todd Ruback says:
    March 12, 2014 at 7:34 am

    Totally agree. I was a privacy attorney and now am a CPO and I have reached out to three NYC area law schools to offer my services. Didn’t even get a call back.

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