Sean Flynn Adjunct Professor WCL Adjunct Faculty
- Degrees
- J.D., Harvard Law School 1999 ( magna cum laude)
B.A., Pitzer College (Claremont) 1992 ( Political Science, honors) - Bio
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Professor Flynn teaches courses on the intersection of intellectual property, trade law, and human rights and is Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP). At PIJIP, Professor Flynn designs and manages a wide variety of research and advocacy projects that promote the public interest in intellectual property and information law and coordinates PIJIP’s academic program. Professor Flynn Chairs the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights and is a founding member of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. He is Editor in Chief of Infojustice.org, a leading public interest law and policy blog. Professor Flynn serves as Principal Investigator of PIJIP’s project on the Right to Research and International Copyright. He is visiting Scholar at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR) and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cape Town’s Intellectual Property Unit.
Prior to joining WCL, Professor Flynn completed a Fulbright Fellowship, was clerk to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson, South African Constitutional Court and Judge Raymond Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, practiced law at Spiegel & McDiarmid and the Consumer Project on Technology, and served on the policy team advising then Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Deval Patrick.
- See Also
- Areas of Specialization
- International Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property
- Copyright Law
- Health Law
- International Human Rights/Humanitarian Law
- International Organizations
- International Trade Law
- Internet and Computer Law
- Law and Development
- Patent Law
- Technology Law
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call 51²è¹Ý Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
51²è¹Ý Experts
Area of Expertise
International intellectual property agreements; U.S. and international pharmaceutical policy; AIDS drugs in Africa and developing countries; international trade law; social and economic rights in developing countries; human rights in South Africa
Additional Information
Biography Sean Flynn teaches courses on the intersection of intellectual property, trade law, and human rights and is the Associate Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP). At PIJIP, Professor Flynn designs and manages a wide variety of research and advocacy projects that promote public interests in intellectual property and information law and coordinates PIJIP’s academic program. Prior to joining WCL, Professor Flynn completed clerkships with Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson on the South African Constitutional Court and Judge Raymond Fisher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also represented consumers and local governments as a senior associate with Spiegel & McDiarmid and as senior attorney for the Consumer Project on Technology, served on the policy team advising then Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Deval Patrick, and taught Constitutional Law at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call 51²è¹Ý Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.