Keith Porcaro
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
Director of the Digital Governance Design Studio

Keith Porcaro is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law. At Duke, Keith teaches courses on law and technology, and runs an AI Audits practicum that works with justice sector partners to test, audit, and red-team AI tools. Keith's research focuses on the future of advice, the organizations who fill unmet demand for critical services, and how digital advice tools should be held accountable for the help they provide.

Prior to joining Duke, Keith maintained a data governance consultancy, where his clients included healthcare systems, local courts, labor unions, tech nonprofits, and small boat fishermen. Keith was previously a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. 

Keith's writing has appeared in WIRED, MIT Technology Review, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Bloomberg Law, and Tech Policy Press. Keith has a JD from Duke Law School and a BSFS from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, and is licensed to practice law in California.

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