Gautam Hans is an Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director of the First Amendment Clinic at Cornell Law School. An expert on First Amendment law and technology policy, Professor Hans analyzes, through research and advocacy, the legal and policy issues implicating technology and civil liberties. Before joining Cornell Law, Professor Hans served as Associate Clinical Professor of Law and founding director of Vanderbilt Law School’s Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic. He completed his clinical teaching fellowship at the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to academia, he worked at the Center for Democracy & Technology for four years on privacy, speech, and surveillance law and policy issues