Innovation Center for Law and Technology
Through courses, software development projects, events, and research, the Innovation Center for Law and Technology brings together practitioners, students, and scholars to create the future of legal practice.
The Innovation Center provides students with a cutting-edge approach to education and skills training in law and technology. Practitioners, students, and scholars collaborate to advance the legal profession through courses, projects, and events.
The Center promotes career pathways at the intersection of law and technology, including legal operations, legal tech applications like contract automation and artificial intelligence, and transactional practices in intellectual property and privacy fields.
Developing software that supports legal practice and public interest is a primary focus of the Innovation Center, and students get the unique opportunity to build their own software and work with leading corporations like Microsoft.
For Students
All students interested in intellectual property, privacy, and technology law are welcome to join the Center as affiliates. Enhance your specialized knowledge and skills and expand your network through Center events.
Faculty Leadership
Shahrokh Falati ’08
Professor of Law from Practice, Intellectual Property Law
Director, Patent Law Clinic
Co-Director, Innovation Center for Law and Technology
Michael Pastor
Professor of Law from Practice
Director, James Tricarico Jr. Institute for the Business of Law and In-House Counsel
Co-Director, Innovation Center for Law and Technology
Events
The Center provides a forum for events focused on intellectual property, data and privacy, information and technology, and innovation and entrepreneurship.
Institutes
Innovation Center for Law and Technology • T 212.431.2368 • E innovation@nyls.edu