PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Margot Kaminski

Also known as Margot E. Kaminski

Margot Kaminski is a legal scholar whose research examines how law governs artificial intelligence, privacy, and free expression. She co-founded Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, led Yale’s Information Society Project, and joined Colorado Law after teaching at Ohio State. Her 2023 article Regulating the Risks of AI offered a framework for AI risk regulation and received Colorado Law’s 2025 Sandgrund Award; she joined Colorado’s AI Impact Task Force in 2025. In 2024, she researched comparative AI law at the European University Institute as a Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow. She is Moses Lasky Professor of Law at Colorado Law and directs the Privacy Initiative at Silicon Flatirons.

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Timeline

  1. 2009

    Co-founding Yale’s MFIA Clinic

    In 2009, she and three classmates join Professor Jack Balkin to start Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic. It aims to meet a need for legal services for journalists and protect the public’s right to know.

  2. 2011–2014

    Leading Yale’s Information Society Project

    She serves as executive director of Yale Law School’s Information Society Project from 2011 to 2014, a center addressing how new information technologies affect law and society.

  3. 2014–2017

    Joining Colorado Law

    She joins Colorado Law in 2017 from Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law, where she starts as an assistant professor in 2014. She holds a BA from Harvard and a JD from Yale; her work covers privacy, speech, online civil liberties, AI, and robotics.

  4. 2024

    Comparative AI law at EUI

    In 2024, she researches comparative AI law at the European University Institute as a Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow and recipient of a 2024 Fulbright-Schuman Grant.

  5. 2025

    Colorado’s AI Impact Task Force

    In 2025, Governor Jared Polis appoints her to Colorado’s AI Impact Task Force, which evaluates the Colorado AI Act across education, health care, and employment.

  6. 2025

    A Sandgrund Award for AI risk

    Her 2023 article Regulating the Risks of AI offers an analytic framework for AI risk regulation and identifies shortcomings in that approach. In 2025, Colorado Law gives the article the Sandgrund Award for Best Consumer Rights Work.

  7. May 2026

    A publisher for the AI casebook

    In May 2026, she and co-authors Paul Ohm and Andrew Selbst announce Foundation Press as publisher of their forthcoming Artificial Intelligence Law casebook.

  8. As of October 2026

    Moses Lasky Professor at Colorado Law

    Colorado Law names her Moses Lasky Professor of Law in 2025. She directs the Privacy Initiative at Silicon Flatirons and teaches Artificial Intelligence Law and Information Privacy and Cybersecurity in Fall 2026.

Career

  1. Since 2017University of Colorado BoulderMoses Lasky Professor of Law
  2. NowSilicon FlatironsDirector
  3. From 2025State of ColoradoMember
  4. 2024European University InstituteFernand Braudel Senior Fellow
  5. 2014–2017Ohio State UniversityAssistant Professor
  6. 2009–2014Yale Law SchoolCo-founder, Executive Director

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityBA
  2. Yale UniversityJD

From the biography.

  1. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public rolesIncludes Margot Kaminski. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public roles. Another 97 people moved from public careers into AI organizations or research, with 62% of dated records starting from 2020 on.
  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Colorado. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Colorado. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Colorado. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Transparency, Surveillance, and the Future of First Amendment Law | Yale Law School law.yale.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. The Origins of the MFIA Clinic | Yale Law School law.yale.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. New Faculty Bring Expertise to Colorado Law | Colorado Law | University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Margot Kaminski margotkaminski.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Margot Kaminski | Colorado Law | University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Innovating for Impact: Colorado Law at the Forefront of AI and Law | Colorado Law | University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. “Regulating the Risks of AI” by Margot E. Kaminski scholar.law.colorado.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Artificial Intelligence Law, a Casebook by Margot Kaminski, Paul Ohm, and Andrew Selbst aila.ws. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Colorado Law names new Professorships, Dean’s Scholars Award Recipients | Colorado Law | University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  10. Margot Kaminski - Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty lawweb.colorado.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.