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Olivier Sylvain
Associate Professor of Law

Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
Email: sylvain@law.fordham.edu
Telephone: 646.312.8222
Office: Room 422

Olivier Sylvain's academic interests include the public lawmaking processes generally and communications law and policy in particular. He teaches Legislation and Regulation, Administrative Law, and Internet-related courses. He is also a Research Associate at the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham.

Olivier was a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block, LLC where he worked on a variety of constitutional law and telecommunications related matters. Before Jenner, Olivier was the Marvin Karpatkin Fellow in the National Legal Office of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Education


  • Williams College, B.A.
  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
  • Columbia University, Ph.D.