Eric Robinson, Esq.

About The Lecturer

Eric P. Robinson is an attorney and scholar focused on legal issues involving the media, including the internet and social media. He holds the Reid H. Montgomery Chair in Freedom of Information at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches media and internet law as an associate professor at the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications and an Academic Affiliate of the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. He is also “of counsel” to Fenno Law in Charleston/Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

He is co-author of Cyber Law and Ethics: Regulation of the Connected World (1st edition 2021, 2d edition 2026) and a contributor to the sixth and seventh editions of the widely used textbook Media Law and Ethics (2021, 2025). He was the sole author of Reckless Disregard: St. Amant v. Thompson and the Transformation of Libel Law (2018), as well as lead contributor and editorial reviewer for Internet Law: The Complete Guide (2016-2019).

He was previously co-director of the Press Law and Democracy Project at Louisiana State University, where he earned his doctoral degree, and deputy director of the National Center for Courts and Media at the University of Nevada, Reno. He was also an affiliate scholar with the Digital Media Law Project at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society; a staff attorney at the Media Law Resource Center; and a legal fellow at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

In addition to his doctorate, he also holds law and masters degrees from Syracuse University and the bachelors degree from Vassar College. He is a member of the bars of New York, New Jersey and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Education

J.D., Syracuse University

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

M.A., Syracuse University

B.A., Vassar College