James Grimmelmann
Associate Professor of Law

Professor Grimmelmann comes to the Law School from the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, where he was a resident fellow. He will teach Copyright, Intellectual Property, and Internet Law.

Last year, Professor Grimmelmann was an adjunct professor at New York Law School, and he has been involved in the School’s State of Play Conference as an interviewer, speaker, and moderator. His background is in computer technology; Professor Grimmelmann worked for Microsoft as a programmer and has been blogging since 2000. He studies how the law governing the creation and use of software affects the distribution of wealth, power, and freedom in society. As both a lawyer and a technologist, he aims to help these two groups speak intelligibly to each other. He writes on such topics as intellectual property, virtual worlds, search engines, electronic commerce, online privacy, and the use of software as a regulator.

Previously, Professor Grimmelmann was a legal intern for Creative Commons and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 

Contact information:
T:  212-431-2864 
F:  212-791-2144
E:  jgrimmelmann@nyls.edu  
O: 40 Worth St., 708A

Education:
Harvard, B.A. 1999 summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Yale, J.D. 2005 (LawMeme, Editor-in-Chief; Yale Law Journal, Member)
Law Clerk, Hon. Maryanne Trump Barry, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Courses:
Copyright
Intellectual Property
Internet Law

At New York Law School since 2007.