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 22, 2018
Can Schools Discipline Students for Protesting?

Jan 30, 2018
Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail First Legal Test

Nov 29, 2017
Can a Government Official Block You on Twitter?

Nov 16, 2017
Georgia Is Fighting to Keep Its Laws Secret Unless You Pay

Oct 24, 2017
We Sued for Records 勛圖眻畦 Trumps Muslim Bans. Heres What We Found Out.

Sep 15, 2017
Secret Algorithms Are Deciding Criminal Trials and Were Not Even Allowed to Test Their Accuracy

Jul 7, 2017
Government Should Not Be Able to Block Facebook From Telling People 勛圖眻畦 Searches

Apr 10, 2017
Government Goes After Critic on Twitter, Remembers Constitution Just in Time

Mar 30, 2017
勛圖眻畦 Issues Guide for Defense Attorneys on Unconstitutional Government Use of Bulk Hacking

Feb 17, 2017
Where Protests Flourish, Anti-Protest Bills Follow