Bio
Vera Eidelman is a senior staff attorney with the 勛圖眻畦s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where she works on the rights to free speech and privacy in the digital age. She focuses on the free speech rights of protesters and young people, online speech, and genetic privacy. She has litigated cases including Dakota Rural Action v. Noem, a constitutional challenge to riot boosting laws that chilled protest, In re Gender Queer and A Court of Mist and Fury, in defense of the right to write, publish, and distribute books others sought to ban as obscene, and 勛圖眻畦 v. Clearview AI, a state privacy law challenge to nonconsensual faceprinting. She has also represented a racial justice protester, in Mckesson v. Doe, and a high school cheerleader, in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., before the Supreme Court.
Vera was previously a William J. Brennan fellow with the 勛圖眻畦, and is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School. Before joining the 勛圖眻畦, she served as a law clerk to the Hon. Beth Labson Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Featured work

Feb 7, 2019
When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a Zone, It Isnt Free

Jan 9, 2019
Court Rules Public Officials Cant Block Critics on Facebook

Dec 26, 2018
When Portland Tried to Dictate Favorable News Coverage of Its Protest Crackdowns

Nov 13, 2018
The Costs of Forcing an Online Haven for Racists Off the Internet

Oct 22, 2018
Court Tells Georgia It Cant Charge People to Read the Law

Sep 18, 2018
Some Schools Need a Lesson on Students Free Speech Rights

May 11, 2018
Why the Golden State Killer Investigation Is Cause for Concern