James Dempsey
Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, UC Berkeley School of Law
Jim Dempsey is Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) at the UC Berkeley law school. Prior to joining BCLT, Dempsey was at the Center for Democracy & Technology, serving in a variety of roles, including Executive Director from 2003 to 2005. In 2010, he launched Digital Due Process, a coalition working to update the standards for government access to communications in criminal investigations. Dempsey is also a part time member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent federal agency charged with oversight and advisory roles regarding the privacy and civil liberties impact of counterterrorism programs.