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Joshua Fairfield

Email: fairfieldj@wlu.edu
Office: 4007 Sydney Lewis Hall
Phone: 540-458-8529
Fax: 540-458-8488

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Joshua A.T. Fairfield

Professor of Law

B.A. Swarthmore (with distinction) Phi Beta Kappa; J.D. University of Chicago, magna cum laude; Order of the Coif


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Media Appearances

2/5/2013 - Market Watch
The work of Washington and Lee law professor Joshua Fairfield was cited in a recent MarketWatch story on Europeand US online privacy laws.

3/29/2010 - American Spectator
Washington and Lee law professors Robin F. Wilson and Josh Fairfield comment in an American Spectator article exploring a Federal Trade Commission report explaining the risks children face when they play in virtual worlds.

1/20/2009 - Gamasutra
Washington and Lee Law Professor Josh Fairfield explores how the speed of technology is driving both the evolution and experimentation of the law as it struggles to keep pace with innovation.

2/1/2008 - Twin Cities Press
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Josh Fairfield discusses the police reaction to a theft of a gamer's virtual property worth almost four thousand dollars.

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Law School News about Professor Fairfield

5/10/2012 - W&L Law Professor Wins Fulbright Grant for Privacy Law Study
Washington and Lee law professor Josh Fairfield has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to study privacy law in the U.S. and European contexts.

12/17/2009 - Law Faculty Scholarship Cited in FTC Virtual World Report
A recent report to the U.S. Congress from the Federal Trade Commission examining virtual worlds prominently cites the work of two Washington and Lee law professors.

3/31/2009 - Joshua Fairfield Named Director of the Frances Lewis Law Center
Joshua A.T. Fairfield, associate professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named the next director of the Frances Lewis Law Center. He will begin his duties with the Center on July 1, 2009.

10/6/2008 - Law Professor Discusses Virtual Playgrounds Symposium in Second Life
Joshua Fairfield, associate professor of law at Washington and Lee School of Law, appeared on the Second Life lecture series Metanomics to discuss a recent symposium on virtual worlds held at the Law School.

9/30/2008 - Protecting Children Online Topic of W&L Law Symposium
Academic psychologists, economists, and lawyers gather at Washington and Lee School of Law to discuss the future of children's virtual worlds.

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For the Media

Professor Fairfield is available to be interviewed on the following subjects:

• e-Commerce 
• Videogame Regulation 
• Virtual Worlds 

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