Courses and administrative duties

Professor Spencer teaches Privacy Law, Legal Skills I, and Legal Skills II and also directs the law school’s Legal Skills Program. His research interests include privacy law and policy, legal skills pedagogy, and judicial decision making.

Professional background

Before joining UMass Law, Professor Spencer was a Lecturer at Harvard Law School and an Adjunct Professor at Boston College Law School. In addition, Professor Spencer worked as a litigation associate at Boston’s Bingham, Dana & Gould and later founded his own firm specializing in civil appellate practice and employment litigation. 

Publications

Professor Spencer’s publications include:

• The Surveillance Society and the Third-Party Privacy Problem, 65 S.C. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2013)
• GPS Monitoring Device Leads the Supreme Court to a Crossroads in Privacy Law, 46 New Eng. L. Rev. On Remand 45 (2012)
• Preserving Appellate Rights When Moving for Reconsideration, Mass. L. W, Aug. 30, 2010, at 39
• Wage Act Claims: The SJC giveth, and the SJC Taketh Away, Mass. L. W., Nov. 21, 2005, at 55
• Dr. King, Bull Connor, and Persuasive Narratives, 2 J. Assoc. Leg. Writing Directors 209 (2004) 
• Nevada Case Threatens to Expand Terry Stops, 48 Boston Bar. J. 27 (2004) 
• Security Versus Privacy: Reframing the Debate, 79 Denv. U. L. Rev. 519 (2002)
• Reasonable Expectations and the Erosion of Privacy, 39 San Diego L. Rev. 845 (2002)
• CyberSLAPP Suits and John Doe Subpoenas: Balancing Anonymity and Accountability in Cyberspace, 19 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 493 (2001)