Undergraduate tech law is a research group at Indiana University Bloomington that operates at the intersection of legal doctrine and technology. Our current focus is on AI & machine learning, intellectual property, data privacy, and the guiding regulatory questions these fields are now forcing.
Our work takes three forms. We build legal technology, treating software as a tool for understanding and navigating the law rather than as the subject of legal commentary alone. We conduct research on how existing doctrine applies to systems that did not exist when that doctrine was written, and we publish that research through reports, case analysis, and longer-form pieces. We submit written commentary to federal and state agencies during open rulemaking periods, contributing to the public record on questions where undergraduate work can meaningfully participate.
We are interested in the law as a system. Our membership skews toward students who want to do work, not students who want to attend meetings about work. Applications are open to any IU Bloomington undergraduate, regardless of major.
You do not need to be a member to publish with us, and you do not need a background in law to apply. We read carefully, on a rolling basis, starting Fall 2026.
Training data, model output, evaluation, audit, and the doctrinal frameworks that reach them.
State and federal regimes, sectoral rules, and the practical compliance posture of consumer technology.
Copyright, patent, and trademark questions surfaced by generative systems and open infrastructure.
Agency rulemaking, executive action, and comparative regimes, with attention to where they break down.
The org operates with a lean core. Leadership reviews drafts and sets the publication calendar.
For inquiries, research collaborations, or to express interest in joining us, write directly.
undergradtechlaw@outlook.com