Professor Bernstein specializes in law and technology theory, intellectual property, law and genetics, information privacy, Internet law, reproductive technologies and family law. Her current scholarship focuses on the inter-relations between technology, law and society, examining the diffusion processes of new technologies, including both medical and communications technologies. She has joined the Seton Hall faculty in 2004 and in 2009 was named the Margaret Gilhooley Research Fellow.

Prior to joining the Seton Hall faculty, Professor Bernstein was a fellow at the Engelberg Center of Innovation Law & Policy and at the Information Law Institute at the New York University School of Law. Her degrees include: a J.S.D. from the New York University School of Law, an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, a J.D. (Intellectual Property concentration with Honors) from the Boston University School of Law, and a B.A. in Psychology and Political Science (magna cum laude) from Tel Aviv University. Professor Bernstein practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York and at S. Horowitz & Co. in Israel.

Law Review Articles

Regulating the Technologies of Reproduction, forthcoming Boston University Law Review (2010)

In the Shadow of Innovation, forthcoming Cardozo Law Review (2009) (with Empirical Appendix) Selected for the Stanford - Yale Junior Faculty Forum

Toward a General Theory of Law and Technology: Symposium Introduction, 8 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology 441 (symposium)(2007)

The Role of Diffusion Characteristics in Formulating a General Theory of Law and Technology, 8 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology 623 (symposium) (2007)

The Paradoxes of Technological Diffusion: Genetic Discrimination and Internet Privacy, 39 Connecticut L. Rev. 241 (2006)

When New Technologies Are Still New: Windows of Opportunity for Privacy Protection, 51 Villanova Law Review 921 (symposium) (2006)

Information Technologies and Identity, Computer Law Review International 1 (2005)

Accommodating Technological Innovation: Identity, Genetic Testing and the Internet, 57 Vanderbilt L. Rev. 963 (2004)

The Socio-Legal Acceptance of New Technologies: A Close Look at Artificial Insemination, 77(4) Washington L. Rev. 1035 (2002)

Works in Progress

The User as a Resistor of New Technologies

Over-Parenting (with Zvi Triger)

Progress and the Dissemination of Technology