The Cardozo Data Law Initiative (CDLI) is a groundbreaking program designed to prepare law students for careers in the rapidly expanding legal fields of information governance, e-discovery, data privacy, social media law and cybersecurity.

The CDLI offers a comprehensive program of courses focused on various aspects of data law, taught by faculty at the top of the field, including Executive Director Felix Wu, Professors Michael Burstein,  and Charles Yablon. The initiative offers courses encompassed in Cardozo's top ranked Intellectual Property & Information Law Program and the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance, as well as from data law classes created over the past several years.