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July 6, 2007

Harvard Woos Information-Law Scholar from Yale; Media-Studies Star Leaves NYU for UVa

By SIERRA MILLMAN and SCOTT CARLSON

LURED AWAY: Yochai Benkler, a renowned expert in information law and policy, has ditched Yale Law School to join the tenured faculty of his own alma mater, Harvard Law School.

Mr. Benkler, class of 1994, will serve as a professor of law and as a faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, a research center that focuses on cyberlaw.

"I am thrilled to be able to reconnect with old friends, and look forward to building new friendships, starting new

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