Dr. Mailyn Fidler

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Mailyn Fidler is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and an Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. Her scholarship critically intersects power and technology, focusing on the unaccountable expansions of governmental power through technological means. Her work engages with areas such as cybersecurity law, criminal law, and constitutional law, contributing to discussions featured in platforms like Lawfare and the U.S. Department of Justice. Fidler has also been involved with the multilateral Pall Mall Process on Cyber Intrusion Capabilities. In addition to her academic roles, she serves on organizing committees for the Law & Technology Workshop at Yale Law School. Fidler has previously taught at the University of Nebraska College of Law and gained experience by clerking for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. She has held fellowships, including her time with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and as a research fellow at the Berkman Klein Center. Fidler earned her J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.Phil in International Relations from Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, and a B.A. in Science, Technology, and Society from Stanford University.

Research Interests

Experience

Faculty Associate

— Present

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Conducts research and academic activities related to the intersection of technology and law.

Assistant Professor

— Present

University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law • Concord, NH

Teaches courses related to law and technology.

Professor

— Present

University of Nebraska College of Law • Lincoln, NE

Instructed law students on legal principles.

Requirements for Harvard University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).