About the IAPP

Leah Plunkett is the inaugural Executive Director of Harvard Law School Online and Associate Dean of Learning Experience and Innovation (LXI) at Harvard Law School, where she is proud to lead the Office of LXI. She is also the Meyer Research Lecturer on Law at HLS and a faculty associate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Ms. Plunkett is a national leader in online legal education, having served as a chief architect of the hybrid JD program in intellectual property, information, and technology law at University of New Hampshire School of Law (the first specialized hybrid JD program in the country). Her scholarship focuses on digital privacy and the digital lives of kids, families, and communities. Ms. Plunkett received her A.B., summa cum laude, in American History and Literature from Harvard College, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.

In 2020, Ms. Plunkett’s book “Sharenthood: Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online” was published by The MIT Press.