Guarini Global
Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies: Global Law & Tech
Territorial boundaries and distinctions between domestic and international, private and public, technical and political are becoming increasingly more blurred by digital interconnectivity, proliferation and collection of data, increasing prominence of transnational technology companies in public domains, technological innovations such as artificial intelligence and blockchain pioneered by private actors but increasingly used by public bodies for a wide range of purposes, and creation of digitally and physically inter-connected spaces that facilitate flows of funds, goods, services, and information.
Based in Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies at NYU School of Law, Guarini Global Law & Tech brings together in-depth inter-disciplinary study, practice, and exploration of legal and regulatory issues that are transforming legal practice in a new global landscape.
Guarini Global Law & Tech collaborates with and complements the work of colleagues at:
In Memoriam, Frank Guarini
The Honorable Frank J. Guarini passed away on June 20, 2026, at the age of 101. His generosity and vision, together with his family, have had an extraordinary impact on NYU School of Law, and enabled the founding and operation of Guarini Global Law & Tech.
Frank Guarini's support enabled GGLT's work on development of the field on global data law, on projects concerned with infrastructures-as-regulation and planetary futures, and in the development of the Guarini Colloquium on Legal Regulation of Global Digital Corporations. His commitment allowed scholars, students, and practitioners to examine how law responds to technological change across borders, institutions, and sectors.
Frank Guarini served the New Jersey and national public for many years as an elected representative, and was a veteran, lawyer, and public figure. He was committed to education, public institutions, international engagement, and the public good. We remember him with deep gratitude and respect.
Mining in the Uncertain - The case of the deep seabed
Please join the Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies and Institute for International Law and Justice at NYU School of Law for Mining in the Uncertain: The Case of the Deep Seabed, a panel discussion bringing together leading legal scholars and practitioners to explore the legal, environmental, economic, and geopolitical challenges surrounding deep seabed mining.
Date: Wednesday, October 28
Time: Refreshments: 6:15 pm | Panel: 6:45 to 8:15 pm | Reception kindly sponsored by Freshfields LLP
Venue: Snow Dining Room, Vanderbilt Hall, NYU School of Law, 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY
Speakers:
Joshua Kelly – Partner, Freshfields LLP
Erik van de Stouwe – Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
Professor Annie Brett – University of Florida Levin College of Law
Professor Cymie Payne – Rutgers University
Toby Fisher – Barrister, Matrix Chambers
Moderated by Professor Angelina Fisher – NYU Law
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LEARN
NYU Law offers a wide range of courses on innovation and information law and policy. Guarini Global Law & Tech teaches new and innovative courses exploring global law and technology.
Global Data Law I
Fall 2026
Practice
Guarini Global Law & Tech seeks to provide diverse and meaningful opportunities for JD and LLM students to explore legal practice in a globalized and digital world. Through externships, clinics, and fellowships students are exposed to global law and technology practice and can explore non-traditional career paths in transnational and technology law. Past opportunities have included
helping organizations create data protection policies and data governance regimes
examining the legal, regulatory and ethical implications of using artificial intelligence
creating frameworks for evaluating risks in digital development projects
working with UN agencies and NGOs on projects that entail the use of digital technologies in humanitarian and development work.
The Guarini Externship
New Inside! Yichen Liang (co-authored w/@Access Now), "Holding Space for Human Rights: Improving the Governance of Satellite Internet Connectivity”
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Guarini Global Law & Tech studies global legal and digital ordering through rule making, diffusion, emulation, contestation, and evasion. This includes transnational private governance by multi-national Internet platform corporations, legal and technological governance of emerging technologies such as distributed ledgers, inter-state rule-making for a global digital economy in megaregulatory treaty regimes, and other forms of socio-technical governance mediated through law. Students are involved though seminars, workshops, and conferences and as research assistants.
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