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Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology

Intellectual Property is vital to the technology-driven global economy...


The Gibbons Institute Mission

  1. SUPPORT FACULTY RESEARCH, investigation, analysis, discussion and scholarship that identifies and resolves societal tensions in the private and public sectors generated by technological innovation in the life sciences and technology industries.

  2. EDUCATE AND TRAIN law students, practicing attorneys and industry professionals to recognize and effectively address the complex legal issues they will encounter as practitioners and policy makers at the cross-section of law, technology and innovation.

  3. PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION to the bench and bar regarding emerging issues and developments in intellectual property.

  4. COLLABORATE with leading health care and technology providers, and the life sciences industry, both public institutions and private businesses, to address these emerging challenges.

Leadership

Professor David Opderbeck
David W. Opderbeck

Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection, and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute for Law Science and Technology
Ph.D., University of Nottingham |
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Professor Gaia Bernstein
Gaia Bernstein

Technology, Privacy and Policy Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection, and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute for Law Science and Technology
J.S.D. New York University School of Law | LL.M. Harvard Law School | LL.M., Tel-Aviv University | J.D. Boston University | B.A. Tel-Aviv University
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Institute Faculty

Carl H. Coleman Carl H. Coleman

Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Professor of Law
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Professor Brian Sheppard Brian Sheppard

Professor of Law
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