The BTLJ Podcast
The official podcast of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal - the most frequently cited technology law journal in the country.
Episodes
April 23, 2025 • 16 mins
Today, we are excited to share a conversation between Berkeley Law 3L student Eric Ahern and Audrey Mitchell, a current fellow with Berkeley’s AI Policy Hub and a 2L student here. Audrey brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to the conversation around AI and the future of litigation, combining her background in STEM with legal experience in patent litigation and public interest tech law. At Berkeley’s AI Policy Hub, Audrey ...
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March 10, 2025 • 39 mins
AI and Music Copyright Law with Professor Judith Finell by The BTLJ Podcast
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Tech Courts, Judicial Education, and Post-Chevron Regulation: Exploring Solutions with Professor Michele Neitz by The BTLJ Podcast
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January 11, 2025 • 47 mins
Section 230, Free Speech and the Internet with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky by The BTLJ Podcast
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January 11, 2025 • 46 mins
Berkeley Law LLM student Franco Dellafiori, and Professor Bertrall Ross sit down to discuss how artificial intelligence will impact elections like the November 2024 one and the state of our general democracy for years to come.
Professor Ross is a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia and the Director of UVA’s Karsh Center for Law and Democracy. Previously, Professor Ross taught at our very own Berkeley Law, where he rece...
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August 23, 2024 • 48 mins
On this episode of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, we sat down with Professor Rebecca Wexler to discuss the intersection between reproductive justice and data privacy.
In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Dobbs overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey's holdings that the US Constitution grants a right to an abortion. Shortly thereafter, Professor Wexle...
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May 29, 2024 • 54 mins
Join host Gayathri Sindhu as she interviews Professor Colleen Chien, a trailblazer in intellectual property and technology law with a career marked by fascinating achievements and obstacles overcome. They dive into Professor Chien's new "Law and Governance of AI" course, taught for the first time at Berkeley Law in the spring of 2024, and explore her groundbreaking study on the transformative power of generative AI in legal aid. Th...
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March 10, 2024 • 42 mins
Berkeley Law Professor, Talha Syed, discusses the impending antitrust lawsuit against Apple. Professor Syed, an expert in political economy, antitrust, and intellectual property, takes us on a journey through the history of antitrust and how we got to the current moment, one where the government is reevaluating antitrust law and its specific application to big tech. Professor Syed reveals his thoughts and assessment of the new Bran...
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February 3, 2024 • 48 mins
Google, Facebook, Instagram, and the rest of the internet, are housed on servers. These servers are mostly stored in data centers located in small, desert communities. Data centers use water to cool their servers. As the climate changes and droughts become more prevalent, legal issues arise as to who gets primary access to water sources.
BTLJ Podcast host, Meg O'Neill, speaks with lawyer John DeVoe of Water Watch, and then journal...
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January 21, 2024 • 57 mins
On this recent episode of the BTLJ Podcast, Terry Zhao '26 sits down with Dan Jasnow, a practicing attorney, and Stefano Da Fre, an actor, director, and producer, to hear two different perspectives on how AI impacted the longest SAG-AFTRA strike in Hollywood history.
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November 30, 2023 • 64 mins
Paul Wood '26 sits down with attorneys Heather Whitney and David Fang to discuss the complex interactions between generative AI and copyright law, highlighting the latest developments and legal battles. Join us as we explore how groundbreaking AI technologies like ChatGPT are challenging traditional copyright frameworks.
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November 8, 2023 • 8 mins
Podcast editors Eric Ahern '25, Juliette Draper '26, and Meg O'Neill '26 cover the verdict announced in the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, the recent bankruptcy of WeWork, and global responses to President Biden's Executive Order targeting AI.
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May 17, 2023 • 46 mins
The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with Tatiana Rice from the Future of Privacy Forum to explore the fascinating world of biometrics and its role in a recent case, Barnett v. Apple, which involves a dispute over Apple's use of facial recognition and Touch ID technology.
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April 23, 2023 • 37 mins
Join BTLJ podcast host Ian Smith as he sits down with expert guest Dr. Brandie Nonnecke to discuss Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and Gonzalez v. Google. They'll explore the evolution and power of Section 230, which provides legal protections to online platforms for content created by third-party users, and will discuss the potential implications of Gonzalez, an ongoing case involving a Section 230 dispute that was r...
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February 24, 2023 • 64 mins
Join Podcast Editors Isabel Jones and Eric Ahern as they sit down with today’s expert guest, Berkeley Law Professor Chris Hoofnagle, to discuss ChatGPT. They’ll explore the potential impacts of ChatGPT not only on everyday life, but also on the legal industry, education, intellectual property law, geopolitics, and more!
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January 19, 2023 • 35 mins
The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with Berkeley Law Professor Tejas Narechania to discuss his forthcoming article, "Convergence and a Case for Broadband Regulation." In the interview, Professor Narechania identifies the consequences of the outdated regulatory scheme for broadband services that exists in the United States. He also proposes a system involving broadband rate regulation as a solution to the problem. This interview was re...
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December 21, 2022 • 50 mins
The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Matt Cagle to discuss the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by police departments and other law enforcement entities. This interview was recorded on November 9, 2022.
For more reading on this subject, refer to the following links.
ACLU’s reports on ICE’s use of ALPR information to locate and target immigrants:
ACLU NorCal: Documents Reveal ICE Using Dr...
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November 18, 2022 • 45 mins
The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with Professor Jürgen Kühling, a member of the German Monopolies Commission, to discuss the implications of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for big tech companies and consumers. The Digital Markets Act recently went into effect on November 1, 2022, when this interview was recorded.
For more reading on this subject, refer to the following links:
Bill Batchelor, Frederic Depoortere, Aurora Luoma, Gior...
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August 23, 2022 • 38 mins
Quantum computing, computing that harnesses the power of quantum physics, and specifically, quantum states brings the world not just abstract scientific theory, but practical applications that will likely
revolutionize our day-to-day lives. Join the BTLJ podcast as they sit down with Joonas Keski-Rahkonen and Katri Nousiainen to discuss how lawyers, regulators, and the international
community can prepare for the next quantum revolu...
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July 11, 2022 • 52 mins
The BTLJ podcast sits down with Robert Koulish to discuss bias in algorithms. Dr. Koulish is a political scientist at the University of Maryland and serves as the Director of MLaw, which is the University’s law programs. Much of his current research has focused on risk assessment within immigration detention centers. Professor Koulish is the author of Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law and co-editor of I...
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