Iria Giuffrida
Professor of the Practice of Law
Email: [[igiuffrida]]
Office phone: (757) 221-2015
Office location: Room 247
Representative Professional Activities and Achievements
Iria Giuffrida is the university’s Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs & Development and a Professor of the Practice of Law at William & Mary Law School.
Her research explores the legal dimensions of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and smart cities, viewed through the lenses of governance, privacy, and cybersecurity. Her interdisciplinary work includes partnerships with colleagues in business, computing, and data sciences, as well as with scholars at other institutions and organizations such as the National Center for State Courts. She is frequently invited to speak at academic and professional conferences on legal and policy issues related to AI and emerging technologies. She leads and contributes to grant-funded research projects that examine the implications of emerging technologies for legal and regulatory frameworks. These include initiatives supported by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative and other external funders.
Professor Giuffrida teaches an innovative course on AI and the Law, and co-developed an interdisciplinary seminar on cyber and information security with a faculty member from the School of Business. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on AI Law & Policy, International Business Transactions, International Commercial Arbitration, and Mediation. She has also taught business law courses to undergraduate and graduate students at the School of Business.
Professor Giuffrida is the 2024 recipient of the John Marshall Award, which recognizes exceptional character, leadership, and selfless service to the Law School community. Graduating students in the Classes of 2021 through 2025 named her the faculty member who most influenced their William & Mary education and experience (“Influencer”). Her previous leadership roles at the Law School include Assistant Dean for Academic & Faculty Affairs, Interim Director of the LLM Program, and Deputy Director of the Center for Legal & Court Technology. She currently serves as Program Director for the Law and Emerging Technologies concentration in the Law School’s Master of Legal Studies program.
Prior to entering academia, she practiced commercial litigation and arbitration at Dechert LLP (in the London and Brussels offices) and at Enyo Law LLP, a London-based specialist litigation firm. She has extensive experience in ADR, including ICC and LCIA arbitrations and mediations in competition, joint ventures, energy, and construction disputes. Her practice included complex, multijurisdictional matters concerning financial services, fiduciary duties, and restitution-based claims.
Professor Giuffrida is admitted to practice in the State of New York, is a Solicitor in England and Wales, and a Solicitor in the Republic of Ireland. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).
Before practicing law, she taught law in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and worked for the European Ombudsman in Brussels.
Scholarly Publications
Books
- ABA Handbook on Multijurisdictional Competition Law Investigations (2010).
Articles and Book Chapters
- "We can't allow loT vendors to pass off all such liability to the consumer": Investigating the U.S. Legal Perspectives on Liability, Proc. of IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 3746-3764, (2025) (Co-authored). Online.
- AI Governance Beyond EO 14110: Federal Efforts, State Regulations, and Civil Litigation, AI in Civil Dispute Resolution (Amy Schmitz, Pietro Ortolani, and Marco Giacalone eds.). Cambridge University Press. (Co-authored) [forthcoming 2025].
- Adding Cybersecurity Expertise to Your Board, MIT Sloan Mgmt. Rev., Dec. 20, 2023 (Co-authored). Online.
- Technology integration in higher education and student privacy beyond learning environments—A comparison of the UK and US perspective, 54 British Journal of Education Technology 1587 (2023). Online.
- Smart Cities and Sustainability: a New Challenge to Accountability?, 45 Wm. & Mary Envtl. L. Rev. 739 (2021). Online.
- Keeping AI under Observation: Anticipated Impacts on Physicians’ Standard of Care, 22 Tul. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 1 (2020) (with Taylor Treece). Online.
- Liability for AI Decision-Making: Some Legal and Ethical Considerations, 88 Fordham L. Rev. 439 (2019). Online.
- A Legal Perspective on the Trials and Tribulations of AI: How Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Smart Contracts and Other Technologies Will Affect the Law, 68 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 747 (2018) (with Fredric Lederer & Nicolas Vermerys). Online.
- First Cartel Settlement in the EU: Reduced Fines in Exchange for Admission of Liability, Dechert OnPoint LLP (2010).
- New Rules for Distribution Agreements Take On Large Buyers and Internet Sales, Dechert OnPoint (2010).
- Revised EU Rules on the Cooperation Between Competitors, Dechert OnPoint LLP (2010).
- Cookies and consent: a new regime or business as usual?, 9 World Data Protection Report 12 (2009).
- REACH and its Competition Law Implications, Dechert OnPoint (2009).
- Legal, Ethical, and Practical Implications of the Use of Technology in European Courtrooms, 12 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 745 (2004). Online.