Prof. Susan Freiwald
Professor of Law 
Dean's Circle Scholar
University of San Francisco
USA

Susan Freiwald is a Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law where she teaches Internet Law, Information Privacy Law, and Criminal Procedure. A former software developer, Freiwald has published and presented widely on the intersection of communications technology and law, focusing on online surveillance and the Fourth Amendment. She has filed amicus briefs about e-mail privacy and briefed and argued as an amicus in appellate court cases involving law enforcement access to historical cell site location data. She won a competition at the Fifth Annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference (June 2012) for her proposed: “Four Factor Test” in the Government Surveillance Competition: From Jones to Drones. Freiwald advises lawyers and companies on the electronic surveillance laws and has been working for years for legal reform of those laws at the federal and state levels. Most recently, Freiwald served on the policy team, as an issue expert, and as academic liaison for the sponsors of CalECPA (SB178), which became law on January 1, 2016 and requires a warrant for California law enforcement access to most electronic information. Freiwald received her J.D. and A.B. degrees, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and clerked on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals after finishing law school.