Gaia Bernstein
Professor of Law
Professor Gaia Bernstein specializes in law and technology theory, intellectual property, law and genetics, information privacy, Internet law, reproductive technologies and family law. Her scholarship focuses on the inter-relations between technology, law and society, examining the diffusion processes of new technologies, including both medical and communications technologies. Professor Bernstein's scholarship has been published in leading law reviews including the Vanderbilt Law Review, the Boston University Law Review, the Washington Law Review and the U.C. Davis Law Review. Her work has been selected to the Stanford-Yale Junior Faculty Forum and received extensive media coverage. Professor Bernstein is the Chair Elect of the Section on Privacy and Defamation and a member of the Executive Board of the Section on Intellectual Property of the American Association of Law Schools.
Professor Bernstein 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.
PUBLICATIONS
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
Patent Law's Neglect of the Ordinary User's Role in Disseminating Technologies, forthcoming, Florida Law Review (2013)
Unintended Consequences: Prohibitions on Gamete Donor Anonymity and the Fragile Practice of Surrogacy, forthcoming, Indiana Health Law Review (2012) (symposium)
Over-Parenting, 44 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 4 (2011) (with Zvi Triger) Article featured in: The NY Times, Forbes, ABC News, ABA Journal Magazine, ABA Journal Website, AOL, Israel's National Radio, Time-Out Tel-Aviv and Yediot's 7 Days.
In the Shadow of Innovation, 31 (6) Cardozo Law Review 2257 (2010) (with Empirical Appendix) Selected to the Stanford-Yale Junior Faculty Forum.
Regulating the Technologies of Reproduction: Timing, Uncertainty and Donor Anonymity, 90 Boston University L. Rev. 1189 (2010)
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Gatekeeping the Production of Genetic Information, 79(2)UMKC Law Review 283 (2010) (symposium)
Toward a General Theory of Law and Technology: Symposium Introduction, 8 Minnesota J. Law, Science and Technology 441 (symposium) (2007)
The Role of Diffusion Characteristics in Formulating a General Theory of Law and Technology, Minnesota J. 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 Rise of the End User in Patent Law
Parental Monitoring of Social Networks, Intensive Parenting and Children’s Privacy
The Right not to Know