Areas of Expertise
Law and Technology; Privacy; Intellectual Property; Cybersecurity; International Law; AI and Law; Contracts; Corporations; Corporate Social Responsibility; and Emerging Technologies
Biography
Cheng-chi “Kirin” Chang (張正麒) is the Associate Director & Research Fellow of the AI and the Future of Work Program at Emory University School of Law. His areas of focus include Law and Technology, Privacy, Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity, International Law, AI and Law, Contracts, Corporations, Corporate Social Responsibility, and emerging technologies. His scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review (Headnotes), the University of Illinois Law Review (Online, twice), the Georgetown Journal of International Law, the UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, the Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, and the Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts, among others.
Chang has legal experience with multinational companies such as Volkswagen Group, Nestlé, Merck & Co., and Boehringer Ingelheim. He has also served as a Law Research Associate at the Institute for Studies on AI & Law at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. He received his J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he attended on a full scholarship and was Senior Articles Editor of the Journal of Technology Law and Policy. He also holds an LL.M. from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and an LL.B. from National Chung Hsing University School of Law in Taiwan. Chang is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English, and enjoys playing badminton in his free time.
Education: JD, University of Florida Levin College of Law; LLM, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law; LLB, National Chung Hsing University School of Law in Taiwan.
Select Publications
Journal Articles
- Chang, Cheng-chi. “Taming the Terminator: Pragmatic International AI Weapons Governance,” 28 UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs _ (forthcoming 2025).
- Chang, Cheng-chi. “Global Minds, Local Governance: AI in International Law,” 2025 University of Illinois Law Review (Online) _ (forthcoming 2025)
- Chang, Cheng-chi. "Substance Over Symbolism: Do We Need Benefit Corporation Laws?," 109 Minnesota Law Review (Headnotes) _ (forthcoming 2025) (SSCI).
- Chang, Cheng-chi and Yilin “Jenny” Lu. "Balancing Mission and Market: OpenAI’s Struggle with Profit vs. Purpose," 6 Corporate and Business Law Journal (Arizona State University) __ (forthcoming 2025)
- Chang, Cheng-chi and Yenpo Tseng. "Trust Issues: Navigating Donor Intent in a Changing World," 17 Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal (Texas Tech University) _ (forthcoming 2025)
- Chang, Cheng-chi. “The First Global AI Treaty: Analyzing the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and the EU AI Act,” 2024 University of Illinois Law Review (Online) _ (forthcoming 2024).
- Chang, Cheng-chi. "Destination ADR: Charting a New Course for Airline Passenger Disputes," 55 Georgetown Journal of International Law __ (forthcoming 2024)
- Ranked #17 in International Law, W&L Law Journal Rankings, 2022
- Selected for reprint in 16 American Journal of Mediation 89 (2024).
- Chang, Cheng-chi. "When AI Remembers Too Much: Reinventing the Right to Be Forgotten for the Generative Age," 19 Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts 22 (2024)
- Ranked #11 in Technology Law, W&L Law Journal Rankings, 2022
- 2024 Top 10 Download for SSRN’s IRPN: Innovation & Privacy Law & Policy; Information Policy, Ethics, Access & Use eJournal; Cybersecurity, Privacy, & Networks eJournal
- Featured on Private Law Theory.
- Chang, Cheng-chi. "Copy-right or Copy-fight? The Distance Education Dilemma," 24 Journal of High Technology Law (Suffolk University) 786 (2024)
- Ranked #22 in Technology Law, W&L Law Journal Rankings, 2023
- Ranked 2024 Top 10 Download for SSRN’s EduRN: Online/Virtual Instruction
- Chang, Cheng-chi. "From Blue Skies to Gray Areas: Examining Privacy and Property Law in the Age of Drone Technology," 30 Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 1 (2023)
- Ranked #12 in Technology Law, W&L Law Journal Rankings, 2022
- Chang, Cheng-chi. "Revisiting Disinformation Laws in the Age of Social Media," 6 Arizona Law Journal of Emerging Technologies 4 (2023)