About

Professor Farber has appeared on national radio and television programs commenting on the domestic use of unmanned aircraft systems in the U.S. and around the world. She is a contributing author to Unmanned Aircraft in the National Airspace: Critical Issues, Technology, and the Law, American Bar Association, 2015. Her 2014 article, Eyes in The Sky: Constitutional and Regulatory Approaches to Domestic Drone Deployment, 64 Syr. L. Rev. 1 (2014), was the lead article in the Syracuse Law Review.

She has published articles for Human Rights and Sci-Tech Lawyer, which focus on the legislative, regulatory, and privacy issues involving drones. One of her most recent articles is Keep Out: The Efficacy of Trespass, Nuisance and Privacy Torts as Applied to Drones, 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 359 (2017).

Professor Farber is part of the Uniform Law Commission's Drafting Committee on Tort Laws for Drones. Professor Farber speaks regularly at academic conferences, as well as to legislators, members of the drone industry, and legal practitioners. Some of her speaking engagements include UAS in the News and Entertainment Industries hosted by the Biederman Institute in Los Angeles, CA; The National Council of State Legislatures 2015 Fall Forum; the American Bar Association Annual Meetings; The American Constitution Society; Massachusetts Bar Association; Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education; Community Association Institute. In 2014, Professor Farber presented on the U.S. regulatory and legislative approaches to unmanned aerial surveillance in Adelaide, South Australia. She has also been a guest lecturer at Flinders Law School in Adelaide, South Australia, and the University of New South Wales Law School in Sydney, Australia.

Professor Farber serves on the Advisory Board of the Boston Chapter of the American Constitution Society and the Board of Directors for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice. She is a founding member of the New England Innocence Project. Professor Farber earned a B.A. in political science with high honors from the University of Michigan and received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.

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Honors

Governor Apppointee, Massachusetts Law Enforcement Body Worn Camera Task Force
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (United States, Boston), 2021-2022
Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year
The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, 2020

Organizational Affiliations

School of Law, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Past Affiliations

Visiting Professor, Boston College (United States, Boston) - BC

Assistant Professor, Northeastern University (United States, Boston) - NEU

Visiting Assistant Professor, Western New England University (United States, Springfield)

Visiting Assistant Professor, New England Law (United States, Boston) - NESL

Climenko/Thayer Lecturer on Law, Harvard University (United States, Cambridge)

Clinical Instructor, Suffolk University (United States, Boston)

Education

Law
1992, Juris Doctor, Northeastern University (United States, Boston) - NEU
Political Science
1988, Bachelor of Arts (BA, AB, BS, BSc, SB, ScB), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (United States, Ann Arbor) - UM