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in pro­pria per­sona is a blog ded­i­cated to law and tech­nol­ogy. It is writ­ten by me, Kristopher Nelson, a for­mer soft­ware devel­oper and sys­tems admin­is­tra­tor. I am now a JD/PhD stu­dent at UCSD focus­ing on law and tech­nol­ogy. I also con­sult with clients to assist with their tech­nol­ogy, research, and train­ing needs. (If you need advice or assis­tance on such mat­ters, con­tact me today for a free ini­tial consultation.)

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The point of in pro­pria per­sona is, above all, to cap­ture thoughts, ideas, and events that may form the basis of my future aca­d­e­mic or pro­fes­sional schol­ar­ship or research. Because intel­lec­tual prop­erty is a core area where the law and tech­nol­ogy over­lap, it is a key area of inter­est for me. Additional top­ics include med­i­cine and pub­lic health (e.g., vac­ci­na­tion), con­sti­tu­tional issues, search and seizure (wire­taps, for exam­ple), inter­na­tional and trans­bor­der law, legal research and writ­ing, edu­ca­tion, and gov­ern­ment. On the tech­nol­ogy front, the rise of social media (blogs, Twitter, etc.) is another core topic.

Please note that my posts are not legal advice. I am not your attor­ney. I am not licensed to prac­tice in your juris­dic­tion. I am not solic­it­ing your busi­ness as an attor­ney. Also note that I may pro­vide affil­i­ate links (espe­cially to Amazon) when dis­cussing some prod­ucts, but that I do not accept pay­ments for spe­cific posts. There may also be adver­tis­ing of var­i­ous kinds, which appears both to off­set my host­ing costs as well as for me to explore and under­stand var­i­ous adver­tis­ing plat­forms. I do not inten­tion­ally col­lect per­son­ally iden­ti­fy­ing infor­ma­tion, but do col­lect aggre­gate sta­tis­tics. (For more on this, see my pri­vacy pol­icy.)

Content on inpropriapersona.com is copy­right 2005 — 2011 by Kristopher Nelson. All rights are reserved, so if you want to repub­lish a full arti­cle, please get my per­mis­sion first. But if you just want to quote me, link to me, or oth­er­wise make lim­ited use of my work, remem­ber you can do so under the fair use doctrine.

Thanks,

Kristopher (Kris) Nelson

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