Primary Job Title Professor of Law Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property Primary Organization 
American University Washington College of Law
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
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Michael W. Carroll is a Professor and Director for Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at the American University, Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. Starting in August 2008, Professor Carroll will permanently join the American University faculty and be the Director of the Program on Information Justice and
Intellectual Property.
His teaching and scholarly interests focus on intellectual property and the law of the Internet. Professor Carroll has been a member of the Creative Commons Board since 2001, and he is a member of the subset of Directors who advise Science Commons and ccLearn.
Prior to entering law teaching, Professor Carroll was an attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where his practice focused on intellectual property and Internet-related issues. He also served as a law clerk to Judge Judith W. Rogers of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Judge Joyce Hens Green of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Carroll received his A.B. with general honors from the University of Chicago and his J.D. magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Before attending law school, Carroll worked as a journalist, a high school teacher in Zimbabwe, and a program officer for democracy and governance projects in Africa.
