Anupam Chander (born 1967)[1] is the Scott K Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and an expert on the global regulation of new technologies. Chander's scholarship has appeared in the Yale Law Journal,[2] the California Law Review,[3] and the American Journal of International Law,[4] among other legal publications, and his research has been featured in news stories by Business Insider, CNN, NPR, and Forbes.

Anupam Chander
Chander speaking at the 2018 GNI Public Learning Forum
Born1967

Education and Previous Work edit

Chander received his B.A. from Harvard University.[5] He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1992.[6] After graduating, Chander served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Jon O. Newman of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge William A. Norris of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.[7] He has practiced law with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton both locally, in New York, and internationally, in Hong Kong.[8] Prior to his current position, Chander was a professor of law at the UC Davis School of Law and the director of the California International Law Center.[9]

Academic Publications edit

Chander is the author of numerous law review articles[10] and has written three books: The Electronic Silk Road (2013), Internet Law: Statutory Supplement (2019), and Fred Korematsu: All American Hero (2011) with co-author Madhavi Sunder.[11] He also edited Securing Privacy in the Internet Age (2008) with co-editors Lauren Gelman and Margaret Jane Radin.[12]

The Electronic Silk Road has been reviewed by several academics and is regarded as an interesting,[13] balanced,[14] and important contribution to discussion on internet law, international trade and globalization studies.[15]

Public Scholarship edit

Chander often appears in the media to discuss current issues pertaining to the regulation of technology. In 2020, Chander was quoted in articles by Business Insider,[16] CNN[17] and Forbes[18] regarding proposals by the Trump Administration to ban TikTok from the United States over national security and data privacy concerns. Chander wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post[16] on this issue and also appeared as a guest on NPR's Planet Money podcast.[19]

Grants and awards edit

In 2014, Professor Chander received a Google Faculty Research Award for his research in policy and standards.[20] In the same year, Chander and other University of California scholars[21] received a grant of $175,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to lead a Sawyer Seminar titled "Surveillance Democracies?" at University of California at Davis.[22]

References edit

  1. ^ "Chander, Anupam". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  2. ^ Chander, Anupam. "Globalization and Distrust". www.yalelawjournal.org. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  3. ^ "Googling Freedom". California Law Review. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  4. ^ Chander, Anupam (October 2013). "Unshackling Foreign Corporations: Kiobel's Unexpected Legacy". American Journal of International Law. 107 (4): 829–834. doi:10.5305/amerjintelaw.107.4.0829. ISSN 0002-9300. S2CID 143209747.
  5. ^ "Anupam Chander - Iowa Law Review - The University of Iowa College of Law". Iowa Law Review. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  6. ^ "Yale ISP Hosts Alumni Reunion and Conference Nov. 15-16". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  7. ^ bliccathemes. "SPEAKERS | The Technology Policy Institute". Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  8. ^ "Anupam Chander". Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  9. ^ Etcheverry, Aaron (2018-06-22). "Anupam Chander". South Asia Studies. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  10. ^ "Anupam Chander". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  11. ^ "Books". Anupam Chander. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  12. ^ Press, Stanford University (2008). Securing Privacy in the Internet Age | Edited by Anupam Chander, Lauren Gelman, and Margaret Jane Radin. ISBN 9780804759182. Retrieved 2021-03-29. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  13. ^ Cooper, Richard N. (2013). "Review of The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce". Foreign Affairs. 92 (6): 173–174. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 23527031.
  14. ^ Thierer, Adam (2013-08-24). "Book Review: Anupam Chander's "Electronic Silk Road"". Technology Liberation Front. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  15. ^ Birnhack, Michael (2014). "Informational Services: Going Online, Global, and Local Again". The American Journal of International Law. 108 (3): 562–568. doi:10.5305/amerjintelaw.108.3.0562. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 10.5305/amerjintelaw.108.3.0562. S2CID 147174384.
  16. ^ a b Chander, Anupam. "Opinion | Trump grants TikTok a reprieve, but his ban threat should be permanently retired". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  17. ^ "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos". lite.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  18. ^ Rash, Wayne. "Georgetown University Discusses The Great Deplatforming: Removing Trump From Social Media". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  19. ^ "Nervous TikTok : Planet Money". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  20. ^ "Faculty Research Awards Program (2005 - 2019)". Google Research. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  21. ^ Anonymous (2015-06-08). "Mellon Sawyer Seminar: Surveillance Democracies?". UC Davis Humanities Institute. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  22. ^ Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon. "Sawyer Seminar: 'Surveillance Democracies?' : University of California at Davis". The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Retrieved 2021-03-26.