Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic

What Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic does

The Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic (TLPC) is a public-interest technology law and policy clinic housed at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. It operates as a clinical legal education program: student attorneys, supervised by faculty (Director Vivek Krishnamurthy; former Director Blake Reid), provide pro bono legal representation, regulatory advocacy, and policy research on technology-law matters spanning accessibility, copyright, privacy, cybersecurity, telecommunications, First Amendment, and civil rights.

TLPC's core outputs are amicus briefs filed in U.S. federal courts (including the U.S. Supreme Court), formal comments and petitions submitted to the FCC, U.S. Copyright Office, state attorneys general, and international bodies, white papers and reports, and model policy frameworks for legislative adoption. Notable deliverables include the rightsback.org Termination of Transfer tool (with UC-Irvine IP Clinic, Authors Alliance, and Creative Commons) and a June 2025 model state policy to regulate geofence warrants developed at the request of the Center for Democracy & Technology.

TLPC's business model is non-commercial: services are provided at no charge to clients, and the clinic is funded through institutional support from the University of Colorado Law School. It serves civil-liberties, disability-rights, digital-rights, and youth-advocacy nonprofits (TDI, NAD, ACB, HLAA, EFF, CDT, Wikimedia Foundation, Encode, and others), academic researchers, and international partners in Pakistan, Canada, and India. The clinic maintains no proprietary technology product and has no funding rounds, investors, or commercial revenue.

Name

Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic

Legal name

Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic

Website

https://tlpc.colorado.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic is a University of Colorado Law School pro bono clinic that provides student-supervised legal representation, regulatory advocacy, and policy research on technology-law issues for civil-liberties and digital-rights nonprofits.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Clinical Legal Education Services: TLPC operates as a law school clinic providing free legal representation and policy research. As a university program, it is funded through institutional support from the University of Colorado Law School rather than client fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic (TLPC) is a public interest technology law and policy clinic at the University of Colorado Law School. It provides pro bono legal representation and policy advocacy on technology law issues through amicus briefs, regulatory comments, white papers, and model policy frameworks, staffed by law students under faculty supervision.

Product overview

The Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic (TLPC) is a public interest technology law and policy clinic at the University of Colorado Law School. Rather than a software product company, TLPC provides legal advocacy services including amicus briefs, policy comments and petitions to regulatory agencies, white papers and reports, and model policy frameworks. Their work focuses on technology law issues spanning accessibility, copyright, cybersecurity, privacy, First Amendment, telecommunications, and civil rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Amicus Briefs
• Policy Comments and Petitions
• White Papers and Reports
• Model Policy Frameworks

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully advocated for expansion of security research exemptions in DMCA Section 1201 triennial reviews since 2008
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on DMCA Section 1201 security research exemptions since 2008; CDT requested TLPC to develop model state policy framework for regulating geofence warrants.
• Georgetown Communications and Technology Law Clinic (CTLC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister clinic with ongoing collaboration on FCC accessibility matters including CVAA implementation and FCC transition team accessibility agenda.
• UC-Irvine Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology ClinicmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the rightsback.org Termination of Transfer tool development, verifying the tool accurately reflects copyright termination law.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple collaborations on broadband policy, municipal rights of way franchising, and copyright/DMCA advocacy including constitutional challenges to Section 1201.
• CIPPIC (Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic) at University of OttawamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint filing of comments before the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on AI regulation under PIPEDA.
• University of Colorado Engineering (CU Engineering)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with Dr. Scott Palo and CU Engineering on satellite regulations, orbital debris rulemaking, and spectrum policy before the FCC.
• CU Law Criminal Immigration ClinicmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint report with CU Criminal Immigration Clinic on protecting Colorado DMV photos from ICE and facial recognition technology misuse.
• Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) - IndiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-signatory on amicus brief in Snap v. Superior Court concerning the Stored Communications Act.
• Authors AlliancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on development of rightsback.org Termination of Transfer tool to help authors exercise copyright termination rights.
• Public.Resource.OrgmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented print disability advocates in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org before the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Creative CommonsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Creative Commons on the Termination of Transfer tool release at rightsback.org.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Long-standing TLPC partner and the pre-eminent digital rights NGO. EFF is not a clinic but is materially comparable as a public-interest tech advocacy organization that frequently co-files amicus briefs and policy comments.
• Public Knowledge: D.C.-based public interest advocacy organization focused on copyright, broadband, and emerging technology policy — an adjacent peer operating in the same regulatory and litigation spaces TLPC engages.
• Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT): Major civil-liberties tech policy NGO and a regular TLPC client. CDT commissioned TLPC's geofence warrant model policy and partners on DMCA Section 1201 advocacy.

Broad incumbents

• Berkeley Center for Law and Technology: Larger, broader tech-law center at Berkeley Law covering IP, privacy, and biotech policy. A more established incumbent in the same academic public-interest tech law space.
• NYU Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy: NYU Law's interdisciplinary center addressing law, policy, and regulation of innovation and technology — a broader, well-resourced peer operating in the same academic tech-law ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC): University of Ottawa clinic focused on internet policy and privacy. TLPC and CIPPIC jointly filed comments before the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on AI regulation under PIPEDA.
• Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS): Stanford Law's public-interest tech law program litigating and advocating on internet freedom, privacy, and platform regulation; operates a closely aligned model to TLPC.
• Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic: Harvard Law School's clinical program providing pro bono representation on internet, civil liberties, and technology policy matters — directly comparable structure and docket to TLPC.
• UC Irvine Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic: A peer IP/technology law clinic at UC Irvine Law that collaborated with TLPC on the rightsback.org Termination of Transfer tool, sharing the same clinical education + public-interest advocacy model.
• Georgetown Communications and Technology Law Clinic (CTLC): Georgetown Law's tech-focused clinic and TLPC's stated sister clinic. They have ongoing collaborations on FCC accessibility matters and CVAA implementation, and operate the same public-interest tech law clinical model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TLPC_Colorado
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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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