Benjamin Sobel

Benjamin Sobel is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech in New York City and an Affiliate Scholar at the NYU Information Law Institute. His work explores how law and technology intersect to assign legal significance to raw data.

Education:

• Graduate of Harvard College
• Graduate of Harvard Law School

Research Focus:

• Privacy and dignitary torts
• Intellectual property
• Law and technology
• Property law

Professional Background:

• Clerked for Chief Judge David Barron and Judge Michael Boudin (1st Circuit)
• Clerked for Judge Pierre Leval (2nd Circuit)
• Former Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School

Recognition: His scholarship has been referenced in U.S. Supreme Court briefs, copyright treatises, and the 2024 Economic Report of the President.