Dr. Benjamin Sobel

Biography

Benjamin Sobel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. His work examines the intersection of law and technology, focusing on the legal significance of raw information. Benjamin graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Before joining the University of Wisconsin, he served as a law clerk for Chief Judge David Barron and Judges Michael Boudin and Pierre Leval of the United States Court of Appeals. He has previous experience as a postdoctoral fellow at the Digital Life Initiative and as an affiliate scholar at NYU's Information Law Institute. Sobel has also been a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center and a lecturer at Harvard Law School. His scholarship has been cited in federal court decisions and in briefs submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, including a copyright treatise for the 2024 Economic Report of the President of the United States.

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