Victoria Tang

Victoria Tang

Lecturer and Clinical Instructor


BA, University of California, Berkeley
MA, Syracuse University
JD, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
LLM, Georgetown University Law Center


Biography

Victoria Tang joins Boston University School of Law as a lecturer and clinical instructor in the BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic, which provides experiential education through legal assistance to the next generation of creators, researchers, and tech advocates.

Before arriving at BU Law, Victoria served as a clinical supervisor and staff attorney at the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC), a clinic at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. At EBCLC, she guided students through direct client representation and policy advocacy for people with conviction histories facing barriers to reentry, including eligibility for employment and housing opportunities. Tang also taught in the Communications & Technology Law Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center, where she collaborated on projects to combat algorithmic discrimination, safeguard online privacy, and stop surveillance of communities of color. Before teaching, she defended the rights of reporters at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the Student Press Law Center. Tang has also contributed to immigration nonprofit organizations dedicated to protecting the rights of asylum seekers and migrants.

Prior to her legal career, she was a science and technology journalist, working most recently as an editor at WIRED. She received her LLM in Clinical Advocacy from Georgetown University Law Center; JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law; MA in Journalism from Syracuse University; and BA in Molecular & Cell Biology, Political Science, and Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley.

Activities & Engagements

No upcoming activities or engagements.

Courses

SILC: Intellectual Property and Media Seminar 1: LAW JD 741

2 credits

THIS CLASS IS RESTRICTED to students who have formally applied to and been accepted to the Student Innovations Law Clinic. The BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic (SILC) provides counseling and guidance to assist MIT and BU students with laws and regulations that relate to their innovation-related academic and extracurricular activities. As a companion to SILC Fieldwork course, in IP & Media Seminar 1 students in SILC's Intellectual Property & Media Practice Group meet to review substantive legal issues in intellectual property and media law and how they relate to SILC's practice, including issues in copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, media privacy and libel law, and related legal issues. The seminar will also introduce students to the lawyering skills (including interviewing, counseling, negotiation, drafting, etc.) that will help them in counseling MIT and BU students on their creative and innovative projects. This class will occasionally meet with some or all of the students in the other SILC Practice Group sections for clinic-wide discussions and case round presentations. NOTE: This Clinic counts toward the 6 credit Experiential Learning requirement. GRADING NOTICE: This course does not offer the CR/NC/H option.

FALL 2024: LAW JD 741 A1 , Sep 3rd to Dec 5th 2024
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Tue 2:10 pm 4:10 pm 2 Ari LipsitzVictoria Tang LAW 420

SILC: Intellectual Property and Media Seminar 2: LAW JD 742

2 credits

THIS CLASS IS RESTRICTED to students who have formally applied to and been accepted to the Student Innovations Law Clinic. The BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic (SILC) provides counseling and guidance to assist MIT and BU students with laws and regulations that relate to their innovation-related academic and extracurricular activities. As a companion to SILC Fieldwork course, in IP & Media Seminar 2 students in SILC's Intellectual Property & Media Practice Group expand upon the legal and practice issues reviewed in the fall seminar, including issues in copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, media privacy and libel law, and related legal issues. This class will occasionally meet with some or all of the students in the other SILC Practice Group sections for clinic-wide discussions and case round presentations. NOTE: This Clinic counts toward the 6 credit Experiential Learning requirement. GRADING NOTICE: This course does not offer the CR/NC/H option.

SPRG 2025: LAW JD 742 A1 , Jan 13th to Apr 23rd 2025
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Tue 2:10 pm 4:10 pm 2 Ari LipsitzVictoria Tang LAW 419

Student Innovations Law Clinic: Fieldwork: LAW JD 725

4 credits

THIS CLASS IS RESTRICTED to students who have formally applied to and been accepted to the Student Innovations Law Clinic. The BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic provides counseling and guidance to assist MIT and BU students with laws and regulations that relate to their innovation-related academic and extracurricular activities. The clinic provides counseling in a variety of different areas of law, organized into three practice groups: (1) Intellectual Property & Media; (2) Privacy, Security, & Health; and (3) Venture & Finance. Representation of clients can include client counseling, contract and policy drafting and review, negotiation with third parties, and, if capacity allows, litigation and other dispute resolution. CO-REQUISITE: If students have not done so already, students must take at least one course in any one of the following four areas: (1) intellectual property (either an IP survey course or other core IP course such as patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret); (2) privacy (including information privacy law or information risk management); (3) cybersecurity; or (4) corporations. NOTE: The Technology Law Clinic counts toward the 6 credit Experiential Learning requirement. GRADING NOTICE: This course does not offer the CR/NC/H option.

FALL 2024: LAW JD 725 A1 , Sep 3rd to Dec 5th 2024
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
ARR 12:00 am 12:00 am 4 Andrew SellarsChris Conley
FALL 2024: LAW JD 725 B1 , Sep 3rd to Dec 5th 2024
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
ARR 12:00 am 12:00 am 4 Ari LipsitzVictoria Tang
FALL 2024: LAW JD 725 C1 , Sep 3rd to Dec 5th 2024
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
ARR 12:00 am 12:00 am 4 Vivian EtterTom Patten
SPRG 2025: LAW JD 725 A1 , Jan 13th to Apr 23rd 2025
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
ARR 12:00 am 12:00 am 4 Andrew SellarsChris Conley
SPRG 2025: LAW JD 725 B1 , Jan 13th to Apr 23rd 2025
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
ARR 12:00 am 12:00 am 4 Ari LipsitzVictoria Tang
SPRG 2025: LAW JD 725 C1 , Jan 13th to Apr 23rd 2025
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
ARR 12:00 am 12:00 am 4 Vivian EtterTom Patten