Dan Hunter
Visiting Professor of Law

Dan Hunter is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne; Adjunct Associate Professor of Legal Studies at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; and Visiting Professor at New York Law School. He taught Intellectual Property, Cyberlaw, and Information Law Capstone last year at the Law School.

He is an expert on cyberspace and Internet law, artificial intelligence and cognitive science models of law, and electronic commerce regulation. He previously taught in the law faculty at Cambridge University, England, where he also held the Herchel Smith Research Fellowship in Intellectual Property Law at Emmanuel College.

Professor Hunter regularly publishes on issues dealing with the intersection of computers and law, including papers dealing with the regulation of virtual worlds, the use of artificial intelligence in law, and high technology aspects of intellectual property. His research has appeared in journals such as the California Law Review, Texas Law Review, and the Journal of Legal Education. He was one of the first scholars to examine the social significance of virtual worlds; he co-founded the blog Terra Nova, and ran the 2006 and 2007 State of Play Conferences, presented by New York Law School.

Contact information:
T:  212-431-2813
F: 212-791-2144
E:  dhunter@nyls.edu   
O: 40 Worth Street - Suite 706

Education:
Monash University, B.S. 1987, LL.B. with honors, 1989
University of Melbourne, LL.M. 1996; University of Cambridge, Ph.D. 1999
Fulbright Postgraduate Fellowship, 1995
Herchel Smith Research Fellowship in Intellectual Property Law, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1995.

Courses:
Intellectual Property
Cyberlaw
Information Law Capstone 

At New York Law School since 2006.