Teaching Information Privacy Law:
Resources for Law Professors and Practitioners
Resources for law professors and practitioners teaching privacy law or considering adding it to their curriculum. Compiled by Professor Daniel J. Solove, covering casebooks, video discussions, privacy law centers, and more.
Why Teach Information Privacy Law?
Professor Solove wrote this post making the case for teaching privacy law in law schools. Although written some time ago, the arguments remain as relevant as ever.
Letter to Deans re Privacy Law Curriculum
Professor Solove led efforts alongside leading privacy law professors and practitioners to urge law school deans to add privacy law courses and hire professors in the field:
An Open Letter to Law School Deans About Privacy Law Education in Law Schools (Nov. 16, 2019)
A New Open Letter to Law School Deans About Privacy Law Scholars and Curriculum (Aug. 1, 2023)
Assessing Privacy Law Programs at Law Schools (June 13, 2021)
Video: Teaching Information Privacy Law
In this one-hour video, eight law professors discuss their privacy law courses, including how they structure classes, what topics they cover, and how their approaches differ.
Privacy Law Centers, Programs, Conferences, and Academics
Privacy Law Centers and Programs.
Summarizes the various privacy law programs and centers at law schools.
IAPP: Privacy Curricula in US Law Schools.
This report from IAPP provides survey data about privacy curricula in law schools.
Privacy Law Scholars Conference.
The Privacy Law Scholars Conference is the main conference for privacy law academics.
Privacy Law Casebooks
Several casebooks are now available in the field. The leading titles include:
Daniel J. Solove & Paul M. Schwartz, Information Privacy Law (Aspen 8th ed. 2024)
This book is now in its 8th edition and has many spinoff casebooks that include parts of the main casebook. Click here to find out more about the entire lineup of books.
William McGeveran, Privacy and Data Protection Law (Foundation 2d ed. 2023)
A widely used casebook covering privacy and data protection law from a US and comparative perspective.
Richard Turkington and Anita Allen’s Privacy Law: Cases and Materials (West 1999)
After the passing of Richard Turkington, Anita Allen wrote an entirely different casebook, Privacy Law and Society (West 2007).
About Professor Solove
Professor Daniel J. Solove is a law professor at George Washington University Law School and one of the world’s leading experts on privacy law. He has taught privacy law every year since 2000 and has published more than 10 books and 100 articles, including the field’s leading textbook on information privacy law. He has more than 1 million followers on LinkedIn.