Berkeley Technology Law Journal

What Berkeley Technology Law Journal does

Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ) is a student-run academic publication of UC Berkeley School of Law, established in 1985 as America's first technology law journal. The journal publishes four issues annually covering topics at the intersection of technology and law, including generative AI, patent law, cryptocurrency regulation, privacy, surveillance technology, intellectual property, and space law. Its operations are governed by an Executive & Editorial Board composed of Berkeley Law students, with Editors in Chief Will Kasper and Yuhan Wu and Senior Online Content Editor Linda Chang currently leading editorial functions. BTLJ also publishes the Annual Review of Law and Technology in collaboration with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology since 1998.

The journal's product portfolio spans multiple formats: the main peer-reviewed journal, the Annual Review, a blog with student-written commentary on emerging technology law topics, a podcast series featuring Berkeley Law faculty discussions, commentaries, and symposia content. The underlying technology consists of a digital publishing platform hosted at btlj.org with online archives containing 133 issues spanning 40 years, a blog content management system, and podcast hosting infrastructure distributed via Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The platform has accumulated 1,260 contributors and a network of 2,000+ members and alumni.

BTLJ is a nonprofit organization owned and operated by the UC Regents through UC Berkeley School of Law, with no commercial revenue model and no externally disclosed pricing. Content is distributed free of charge with terms of use permitting personal, scholarly, and professional (but not commercial) use of materials. The journal is funded through the university rather than subscription fees, advertising, or external investment, and does not pursue commercial growth.

Name

Berkeley Technology Law Journal

Legal name

Berkeley Technology Law Journal

Website

https://btlj.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Berkeley Technology Law Journal is a student-run academic publication of UC Berkeley School of Law, publishing quarterly peer-reviewed scholarship on technology law since 1985 alongside a blog, podcast series, and the Annual Review of Law and Technology.

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Product category

Academic Law Journal

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Law & Legal Studies Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC), Legal & Regulatory Publishing (Case Law, Statutes, Treatises) (MPAJACAA), Social Sciences Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAD)

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Technology law scholarship
• Legal academic publishing
• Peer-reviewed journal
• Law student publication

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Berkeley Technology Law Journal is a student-run academic publication of UC Berkeley School of Law that publishes a peer-reviewed law journal on topics at the intersection of technology and law. Established in 1985 as America's first technology law journal, it releases four print and digital issues annually, alongside an Annual Review of Law and Technology, a blog, commentaries, symposia, and a student podcast series.

Product overview

Berkeley Technology Law Journal is a student-run publication of UC Berkeley School of Law offering a multi-format platform consisting of the main journal (established 1985, America's first technology law journal publishing four issues annually), the Annual Review (published since 1998 with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology), a blog with student commentary on current tech law topics, podcasts featuring expert discussions, commentaries, and symposia. The journal covers topics at the intersection of technology and law including AI regulation, patent law, privacy, surveillance technology, and intellectual property.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Annual Review of Law and Technology: A distinctive issue of the Journal published in collaboration with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology since 1998, dedicated to student-written notes from the Law and Technology Writing Workshop discussing the most important recent developments in intellectual property and technology law.

Products and services

• Berkeley Technology Law Journal (Main Journal)
• Annual Review of Law and Technology
• BTLJ Blog

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Berkeley Center for Law and TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Annual Review of Law and Technology published in collaboration with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology since 1998. The issue is dedicated to student-written notes from the Law and Technology Writing Workshop discussing the most important recent developments in intellectual property and technology law.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Columbia Science and Technology Law Review: Columbia Science and Technology Law Review is a student-run journal at Columbia Law School publishing on science and technology law. Directly comparable peer-review model, format, and editorial scope with BTLJ.
• Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law: Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law publishes on entertainment, technology, and IP law with a student editorial board. Direct peer in the law-school-published technology law journal category, competing for similar authors and citations.
• Harvard Journal of Law & Technology: Harvard's flagship technology law journal publishing twice annually with peer-reviewed articles on technology, IP, and biotech law. Directly comparable to BTLJ in mission, format, and target audience of legal academia and practitioners.
• Yale Journal of Law & Technology: Yale Journal of Law & Technology is a student-edited journal at Yale Law School publishing on technology law and policy. Same student-run peer-reviewed model and overlapping editorial scope as BTLJ, serving the same academic and practitioner readership.
• Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review: Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review is a student-edited law journal at the University of Michigan publishing on telecom, technology, and IP law. Comparable student-run, peer-reviewed publication model targeting the same legal academic audience as BTLJ.
• Stanford Technology Law Review: Stanford Technology Law Review is a student-run law journal at Stanford Law School publishing peer-reviewed scholarship on technology law. It is the closest direct peer to BTLJ, operating a similar model of periodic issues, online archives, and student editorial boards at a peer elite law school.

Emerging players

• Social Science Research Network (SSRN): SSRN is a major preprint and working-paper repository widely used by legal scholars to disseminate technology law scholarship before formal journal publication. It represents an emerging distribution channel that competes for readership and citation share against traditional journals like BTLJ.

Others

• Berkeley Center for Law and Technology: Berkeley Center for Law and Technology is BTLJ's institutional partner since 1998, co-publishing the Annual Review of Law and Technology. While not a journal competitor, BCLT is a closely adjacent ecosystem player within the same Berkeley Law orbit, shaping the same technology law research community.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubebtlj.org/category/student-podcast
• Xx.com/berkeleytechlj
• Facebookfacebook.com/BerkeleyTechnologyLawJournal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/berkeley-technology-law-journal

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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