
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Founder/Director, Tech Startup Clinic
Education
B.A. 2002, Tufts University
J.D. 2005, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Areas of Expertise
Bio
Aaron Wright is an expert in corporate and intellectual property law, with extensive experience in Internet and new technology issues. Before joining Cardozo's faculty, he sold a company to Wikia, the for-profit sister project of Wikipedia, where he ran Wikia’s New York office, served as General Counsel and Vice President of Product and Business Development, and helped build an open source search engine. Wright has clerked for the Honorable William J. Martini of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and worked as an associate at several prominent New York law firms, including Patterson Belknap and Jenner & Block. He received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Cardozo Law Review. He has a forthcoming book about blockchain technology and the law (co-authored with Primavera De Filippi) that will be published by Harvard University Press.
Contact Information
Cardozo School of Law
55 Fifth Avenue, Room 1109
New York, NY 10003
Aaron Wright in the news
- Sep 20, 2019 Second Annual Blockchain Conference Focuses on Enforcement
- Oct 18, 2018 Blockchain Project Releases Second Research Report: Smart Contracts and Legal Enforceability
- Jul 31, 2018 Professor Wright Quoted in ABA Journal
- May 11, 2018 Blockchain and the Law Reviewed in Fortune
- May 4, 2018 Wright Co-Authors Blockchain and the Law
- Mar 23, 2018 Professor Wright Talks Blockchain in The Washington Post
- Feb 8, 2018 Professor Aaron Wright Talks About Blockchain in the Classroom
- Feb 6, 2018 Professor Wright Comments on Tokens and Securities Law
- Feb 1, 2018 Professor Wright Talks Blockchain with Crain's, Washington Post and Law.com
- Jan 25, 2018 Professor Wright Talks Blockchain and the Future in Legaltech News
