Research
Mark Grabowski's research focuses on communications law and ethics, particularly the Internet. He won the 2014 James Madison Prize for Outstanding Research in First Amendment Studies and was awarded a 2020-21 Fulbright fellowship.
His latest work is a textbook, Cyber Law and Ethics: Regulation of the Connected World, which was published by Routledge in 2021. Routledge also published Grabowski's 2019 book on Bitcoin and blockchain, Cryptocurrencies: A Primer on Digital Money. The book cracked Amazon's Top 50 sellers' list for books on money in August 2019 and was ranked as one of the Top 10 "Best New Cryptocurrency Technology Books to Read in 2019" by Book Authority.
Mark's papers have been published in Yale Journal on Regulation, Stanford Law & Policy Review, Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Communication Law Review, Nebraska Law Review, Indiana Law Review, Journal of Media Law & Ethics, and the Journal of Law, Technology & Internet. In August 2014, he gave a TEDx talk in Shanghai on "The Battle for Control of the Internet."
His legal scholarship has been cited by several major media outlets, various books, Texas Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Cornell Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, BYU Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Southern Methodist University Law Review, First Amendment Law Review, SMU Science & Technology Law Review, Georgia State University Law Review, Albany Law Review, Cleveland State Law Review, San Diego Law Review, Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Governance and Regulation, Journal of Arbitration Studies, Law & Psychology Review, Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Texas Entertainment & Sports Law Journal, Illinois Business Law Journal, Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice, Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism, Foreign Policy Analysis, The International Journal of the History of Sport, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Security Review, Communications of the ACM, National Constitution Center, International Centre for Sports Studies, Judge Richard Posner, The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, foreign judges and others. It's also been translated and republished in Romanian and Korean.
Mark incorporates his scholarship into his teaching. His courses include "Cyber Law & Ethics" and “Bitcoin & Blockchain” at Adelphi University and "Media Law & Ethics" at Marymount Manhattan College. He also previously served as chair of the Freedom of Speech division for the Southern States Communication Association.
The former journalist developed his interest in this field while a law student at Georgetown. There he worked at the Institute for Public Representation, helping the pro bono legal clinic litigate civil rights cases, including Freedom of Information Act complaints against government agencies that were improperly withholding public records. Specifically, he was involved in litigating Wilner v. NSA, which argued that the U.S. government, through its warrantless wiretap program has violated attorney-client privilege by eavesdropping on conversations between Guantanamo Bay detainees and their lawyers.
His latest work is a textbook, Cyber Law and Ethics: Regulation of the Connected World, which was published by Routledge in 2021. Routledge also published Grabowski's 2019 book on Bitcoin and blockchain, Cryptocurrencies: A Primer on Digital Money. The book cracked Amazon's Top 50 sellers' list for books on money in August 2019 and was ranked as one of the Top 10 "Best New Cryptocurrency Technology Books to Read in 2019" by Book Authority.
Mark's papers have been published in Yale Journal on Regulation, Stanford Law & Policy Review, Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Communication Law Review, Nebraska Law Review, Indiana Law Review, Journal of Media Law & Ethics, and the Journal of Law, Technology & Internet. In August 2014, he gave a TEDx talk in Shanghai on "The Battle for Control of the Internet."
His legal scholarship has been cited by several major media outlets, various books, Texas Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Cornell Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, BYU Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Southern Methodist University Law Review, First Amendment Law Review, SMU Science & Technology Law Review, Georgia State University Law Review, Albany Law Review, Cleveland State Law Review, San Diego Law Review, Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Governance and Regulation, Journal of Arbitration Studies, Law & Psychology Review, Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Texas Entertainment & Sports Law Journal, Illinois Business Law Journal, Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice, Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism, Foreign Policy Analysis, The International Journal of the History of Sport, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Security Review, Communications of the ACM, National Constitution Center, International Centre for Sports Studies, Judge Richard Posner, The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, foreign judges and others. It's also been translated and republished in Romanian and Korean.
Mark incorporates his scholarship into his teaching. His courses include "Cyber Law & Ethics" and “Bitcoin & Blockchain” at Adelphi University and "Media Law & Ethics" at Marymount Manhattan College. He also previously served as chair of the Freedom of Speech division for the Southern States Communication Association.
The former journalist developed his interest in this field while a law student at Georgetown. There he worked at the Institute for Public Representation, helping the pro bono legal clinic litigate civil rights cases, including Freedom of Information Act complaints against government agencies that were improperly withholding public records. Specifically, he was involved in litigating Wilner v. NSA, which argued that the U.S. government, through its warrantless wiretap program has violated attorney-client privilege by eavesdropping on conversations between Guantanamo Bay detainees and their lawyers.