Deirdre Mulligan

Assistant Professor, University of California – Berkeley School of Information

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Deirdre K. Mulligan is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information at UC Berkeley. Prior to joining the I School she was a clinical professor of law and the director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). She served previously as staff counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington.

Professor Mulligan’s current research agenda focuses on information privacy and security. Current projects include qualitative interviews to understand the institutionalization and management of privacy within corporate America, and role of law in corporate information security policy and practice. Other areas of current research include digital rights management technology and privacy and security issues in sensor networks and visual surveillance systems, and alternative legal strategies to advance network security.