Jack Cushman

Lawyer, hacker, information scientist, archivist, and educator.

I direct the Library Innovation Lab at the Harvard Law School Library, where we build tools and platforms to explore new ways of collecting, preserving, and sharing information to empower people. I'm an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and a past board member of the ACLU of Massachusetts.

Work

At the Library Innovation Lab, I architected Perma.cc, H2O Open Casebook, and the Caselaw Access Project. I created the Democratizing Open Knowledge program that launched the Public Data Project and incubated the Institutional Data Initiative.

I'm currently most interested in the librarianship of AI, considering how AI as a new form of knowledge can empower or disempower people, particularly in the realm of law and legal education.

Writing

Talks, Podcasts, & Events

Press

Teaching

  • Computer Programming for Lawyers

    Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 2017–2020

Awards