Technology law (“techlaw”) is the study of how law and technology foster, restrict, and otherwise shape each other’s evolution. New technologies raise questions for every area of the law, and the strategies and rhetorical arguments deployed to regulate technology and its impacts are helpful tools to have in any legal context. Accordingly, this coursebook book identifies common techlaw questions and presents a methodology for thoughtfully addressing them.

This coursebook is intended to be accessible and useful to all students, regardless of career interests or prior experience with technology. Each chapter includes “Comprehension Checks,” intended to be addressed by the reader in context, and “Discussion Questions” and “Putting It All Together” closers, which we have found to be helpful springboards for class discussion.

We hope you find these materials fun and useful!

BJ Ard & Rebecca Crootof