Tech, Law & Security Program

Welcoming Melanie Teplinsky

Melanie Teplinsky will serve as Senior Fellow and TLS Adjunct Professor. Melanie has over 25 years of experience working on cyber law and policy issues in positions across the private sector, government, and academia. Before joining WCL, Ms. Teplinsky practiced technology law at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where she counseled multinational clients on a wide array of cyberlaw issues including cybersecurity, data protection, and electronic surveillance. She later served on the (pre-IPO) advisory board of CrowdStrike, Inc., a next-generation cybersecurity technology company.

Welcoming Laura Draper

Laura Draper will serve as Senior Project Director for our newly launched project, Understanding and Demystifying the Fight Against Child Sexual Exploitation. Prior to joining TLS, Laura served as an Assistant General Counsel with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and as a judicial clerk in the Southern District of New York. Before attending law school, she worked at the Council of State Governments Justice Center, where she focused on law enforcement matters. 

NEW TLS Projects  LAUNCHED

• Understanding and Demystifying the Fight Against Child Sexual Exploitation. The goal of this project is to break the logjam and refocus the debate in a way that accommodates the multiple, competing interests in this debate. It acknowledges, yet sidesteps, the ongoing debate about whether and to what extent the move to default encryption is a net positive or net negative

• National Security and AI: Bringing the IC into the 21^st Century. This project will produce and prioritize budget and acquisition actions and guidance, create a risk-assessment framework, and recommend congressional oversight options that will support the Intelligence Community in taking full advantage of artificial intelligence and other new technologies for the benefit of the nation. 

• Transatlantic Data Flows in the Wake of Schrems II. This project brings together U.S. and European experts and practitioners from the government, the private sector, and civil society to develop practical, actionable recommendations for ensuring the viability of transatlantic data flows in light of the Schrems II decision.