UC Berkeley School of Law, J.S.D., 2023 UC Berkeley School of Law, LL.M., 2020
Bio
Sylvia Lu is an Assistant Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. Her teaching and research focus on Torts, Data Privacy Law, Artificial Intelligence Law, and Comparative Law. Professor Lu’s recent research projects explore how legal systems can and should respond to opaque AI-driven harms to civil rights and social interests. Drawing on comparative legal analysis, Professor Lu examines regulatory approaches to AI and data governance across the U.S., EU, and Asia, and develops proposals to address the challenges posed by data-driven technologies.
Professor Lu’s scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in law journals such as the California Law Review and Florida Law Review, and has been selected for presentation at leading academic conferences. Her writing and commentary have also appeared in The Conversation and been discussed in public media outlets. Her award-winning scholarship includes the papers “Data Privacy, Human Rights, and Algorithmic Opacity” and “Algorithmic Opacity, Private Accountability, and Corporate Social Disclosure,” both recognized by the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.
Before joining AUWCL, Professor Lu was a Faculty Fellow (Visiting Assistant Professor) at the University of Michigan Law School, where she designed and led a seminar on Artificial Intelligence Regulations. She earned a Doctor of Juridical Science and a Master of Laws from the UC Berkeley School of Law, where she was awarded a Lloyd M. Robbins Fellowship and a Merit Scholarship. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional for American (CIPP/US) and European (CIPP/E) data privacy laws.
