Neil Richards is an internationally-recognized expert in privacy law, information law, and freedom of expression. He is the Koch Distinguished Professor in Law at Washington University School of Law, a member of the Advisory Board of the Future of Privacy Forum, and a consultant and expert in privacy cases. He graduated in 1997 from the University of Virginia School of Law, and served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. His first book, Intellectual Privacy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. Professor Richards' many writings on privacy and civil liberties have appeared in prominent legal journals such as the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, and the California Law Review, among others. He has written for a more general audience in Wired Magazine UK, CNN.com, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He is the author of two books: Why Privacy Matters (Oxford 2021) and Intellectual Privacy (Oxford 2015).Professor Richards appears frequently in the media, and he is a past winner of the Washington University School of Law's Professor of the Year award. At Washington University, he teaches courses on privacy, free speech, and constitutional law. He was born in England, educated in the United States, and lives with his family in St. Louis. He is an avid cyclist and a lifelong supporter of Liverpool Football Club.Specialties: Privacy Law, First Amendment Law, Constitutional Law.