Biography

Sarah Hinchliff Pearson became a fellow at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) and Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School in January 2009. Her research and writing focuses on the First Amendment implications of copyright and defamation law, and the impact of technology on the media and democracy, with a particular interest in the evolution of journalism in the digital age.

Prior to joining CIS, she worked as an intellectual property associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York City. Sarah graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 2006. Before law school, Sarah received her undergraduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and worked at a number of media outlets, including New York magazine and HARPO Studios.

Publications & Cases

• Anthony Falzone, Julie A. Ahrens, Sarah Hinchliff Pearson, Mark Lemley, et. al., Brief of Amici Curiae The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., The Andy Warhol Museum, Thomas Lawson, Barbara Kruger, Jonathan Monk, Allen Ruppersberg and Eleven Professors of Law in Support of Defendant-Appellee and Urging Affirmance: Gaylord v. United States, No. 2009-5044 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (July 15, 2009).
• Anthony Falzone, Julie A. Ahrens, Sarah H. Pearson, et. al., Brief of Amici Curiae American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, The Organization for Transformative Works and the Right to Write Fund in Support of Defendants-Appellants and Urging Reversal: Salinger v. Colting, No. 09-2878 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (August 3, 2009).