About the Foundry
The Foundry is a collaborative organization for Internet law and policy professionals who are passionate about disruptive innovation. The Foundry offers members a platform for professional development, constructive debate, and network-building within a cohort of skilled attorneys and policy analysts eager to help shape the development of Internet law and policy.
Who We Are
We are more than a little bit geeky — just as comfortable with computer code as with the U.S. Code. We revel in the disruption at the intersection of law and technological innovation. Working on cutting-edge tech policy and law issues and referred by the most prominent legal and policy centers in America, our members and fellows are the vanguard of the burgeoning Internet law and policy ecosystem.
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Updates
📢 Call for Submissions: ILPF’s 2026 Tech Policy Digital Symposium
Submit your work by January 15! The Foundry is inviting early- and mid-career professionals to submit 700-word blogs for ILPF’s 2026 Digital Symposium on Tech Policy. We’re looking for short, op-ed style pieces that make a clear, well-argued point on a current issue in internet law or technology policy. Foundry Fellows and Editorial & Content Committee […]
Policy Hackathon 2024 Results
The Internet Law & Policy Foundry (ILPF) Hackathon brings together emerging leaders to explore cutting-edge issues at the intersection of technology and public policy. In its fourth edition, participants were invited to confront some of the most complex and urgent policy questions surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). This edition of the hackathon challenged participants to develop […]
Brains, Bytes, and Bragging Rights: Foundry’s Annual Internet Law Trivia Turns 10
The Internet Law and Policy Foundry marked its 10th Annual Trivia Night with a nail-biting finale, a tiebreaker between two of the fourteen fiercely competitive teams battling for this year’s ultimate bragging rights. For the past decade, the Foundry has united the sharpest minds in tech law and policy for an evening of clever […]
🎟️ Tech Law Trivia and Mixer 7/30 | RSVP Now! 🏆
Get your tickets and reserve your table! Internet Law Trivia is back on Wednesday, July 30th. The brightest minds in Tech Law and Policy will battle head-to-head during the Foundry’s Trivia Night, and bragging rights are at stake. Join quiz master Kurt Opsahl, the amazing Foundry fellows, and DC’s Internet Law / Policy community for […]