Patrick K. Lin is the Deputy Director at NYU School of Law's Technology, Law & Policy Clinic and Science, Health & Information Clinic. He is also the author of Machine See, Machine Do, a book about how institutions use technology to surveil, police, and make decisions about the public, as well as the historical biases that impact that technology. Patrick’s scholarship focuses on privacy, copyright, consumer protection, and the intersection of technology and civil rights, particularly in the context of surveillance and discrimination.
Earlier in his career, Patrick worked at the ACLU, EFF, and FTC. He also worked at Latham & Watkins and a lit…
Patrick K. Lin is the Deputy Director at NYU School of Law's Technology, Law & Policy Clinic and Science, Health & Information Clinic. He is also the author of Machine See, Machine Do, a book about how institutions use technology to surveil, police, and make decisions about the public, as well as the historical biases that impact that technology. Patrick’s scholarship focuses on privacy, copyright, consumer protection, and the intersection of technology and civil rights, particularly in the context of surveillance and discrimination.
Earlier in his career, Patrick worked at the ACLU, EFF, and FTC. He also worked at Latham & Watkins and a litigation boutique. Before joining NYU Law, Patrick was a Technology & Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy and the Judith Bresler Fellow at the Center for Art Law. He also clerked for a district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Patrick received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and his B.A. in Economics from NYU.