About
Catherine Crump is a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, where she directs the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. Her work sits at the intersection of technology, government power, and civil liberties.
Her scholarship and advocacy examine how new surveillance technologies — from drones and automated license-plate readers to cell-phone tracking and police body cameras — reshape privacy, free speech, and the balance of power between individuals and the state. She writes for both legal audiences and the general public, and is a frequent commentator on privacy and surveillance in the national press.
Before joining the Berkeley faculty, Professor Crump was a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, where she litigated cutting-edge cases involving surveillance, technology, and the First and Fourth Amendments. Through the Samuelson Clinic, she now trains law students to tackle these issues in real cases, policy work, and public-interest projects.
She is also the host of Civil Liberties in 60 Seconds, a series of short, plain-language videos that make constitutional rights and surveillance news accessible to everyone.
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