Anupam Chander

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

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.

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.