Erik Stallman

Erik Stallman is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. He is also a Faculty Co-Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. His primary interests are regulation of access to information and open internet issues.

Since 2005, Stallman has worked on intellectual property and telecommunications law and policy in Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, nongovernmental organizations, and private practice. Prior to coming to Berkeley, he served as policy counsel at Google, covering copyright, telecommunications, and media regulation. Before that, he led the Open Internet Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), where he was also General Counsel. Earlier, he served as counsel and policy advisor to then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren at the US House of Representatives. He was also an Honors Attorney in the FCC Media Bureau and an associate at Steptoe & Johnson.

Stallman is a 2003 graduate of Berkeley Law and was as a law clerk for Judge Susan P. Graber of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

Education

J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law (2003)
B.A., Reed College (1995)

Erik R Stallman is teaching the following course in Fall 2024:

• 295.5T sec. 001 - Samuelson Clinic

Courses During Other Semesters

Semester	Course Num	Course Title	Teaching Evaluations
Summer 2025	276PS sec. 001	Information Privacy Law
Spring 2025	285.9 sec. 001	Samuelson Clinic Seminar
	285.9B sec. 001	Advanced Samuelson Clinic Seminar
	295.5T sec. 001	Samuelson Clinic
	295.5U sec. 001	Advanced Samuelson Clinic
Spring 2024	295.5T sec. 001	Samuelson Clinic	View Teaching Evaluation
	295.5U sec. 001	Advanced Samuelson Clinic	View Teaching Evaluation
Spring 2023	285.9 sec. 001	Samuelson Clinic Seminar	View Teaching Evaluation
	295.5T sec. 001	Samuelson Clinic	View Teaching Evaluation
	295.5U sec. 001	Advanced Samuelson Clinic	View Teaching Evaluation