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Stuart M. Benjamin

William W. Van Alstyne Distinguished Professor of Law
School of Law
Duke Law School Room 3187, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708-0360
Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Stuart Benjamin is the William Van Alstyne Professor of Law and co-director of the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law School.  He specializes in telecommunications law, the First Amendment, and administrative law. From 2009 to 2011, he was the first Distinguished Scholar at the Federal Communications Commission.

Benjamin is a coauthor of Internet and Telecommunication Regulation (2019) and Telecommunications Law and Policy (multiple editions), and has written numerous law review articles. He has testified before House and Senate committees as a legal expert on a range of topics.

From 2001 to 2003 he was the Rex G. & Edna Baker Professor in Constitutional Law at the University of Texas School of Law, and from 1997 to 2001 he was an associate professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law.

Before he began teaching law, Benjamin clerked for Judge William C. Canby of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter; worked as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice; worked as an associate with Professor Laurence Tribe; and served as staff attorney for the Legal Resources Centre in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He received his B.A. and J.D. from Yale University.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


William W. Van Alstyne Distinguished Professor of Law · 2022 - Present School of Law
Professor of Law · 2003 - Present School of Law
Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship · 2018 - Present Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

In the News


Published May 8, 2025
Why Lawsuits on Social Media Addiction May Fail
Published November 7, 2023
Betting on Made-in-America Computer Chips: a Progress Report
Published June 17, 2016
Stuart Benjamin: Can New York State boycott a boycott?

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Recent Publications


Anti-Patents

Journal Article University of Chicago Law Review · 2024 Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


SII Planning: Theory, Practice and Reality of Spectrum

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Texas A&M University · 2020 - 2022

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Education, Training & Certifications


Yale University · 1991 J.D.
Yale University · 1987 B.A.