Dr. Mitchell Longan
Assistant Professor of Law
mlongan@johnmarshall.eduEducation
B.A., Mercer University
J.D., Tulane University School of Law
Ph.D, University of Sussex
Courses Taught
Legal Writing I and II, Copyright Law, Criminal Law
Career Highlights
Before joining AJMLS, Dr. Longan was a Lecturer in Law at Birmingham City University (UK) and the Associate Director of the Centre for American Legal Studies. He was also a researcher for the Cloud Legal Project at Queen Mary University, London (UK) and a Doctoral Tutor at the University of Sussex (UK). His work focuses on new technology, creativity, and their intersections with the law. He has particular interest in copyright and derivative creativity, laws governing virtual spaces, and artificial intelligence ethics.
Publications
C. Lloyd and M. Longan, ‘Smart Cities Under the Lens: The Mosaic Theory and State Constitutional Privacy’ (forthcoming, Wake Forest Journal of Law and Public Policy, accepted 2026).
M. Longan, ‘Tolerated Use 2.0: No Action Policies, Controlled Monetisation, and User-Generated Content in the Video Game Industry’ in The Research Handbook on Interactive Entertainment Law, Edward Elgar 2026.
M. Longan, A System Out of Balance: A Critical Analysis of Philosophical Justifications for Copyright Law Through the Lenz of Users’ Rights, 56 U. Mich. J. L. Reform 779 (2023).
M. Longan et al., Cloud Gaming Demystified: An Introduction to the Legal Implications of Cloud-Based Videogames, 29 Mich. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2022).
M. Longan, The Revolution of User-Generated Content: A Comparative Analysis of the Inadequacy of Copyright Law in the U.K. With Respect to User-Generated Content – Queen Mary Law Journal, Special Conferences Edition, 4th Issue 2018.
M. Longan, Big Brother is Watching but he Doesn’t Understand: Why Forced Filtering Technology on the Internet isn’t the Solution to the Modern Copyright Dilemma – SCRIPTed A Journal of Law Technology and Society, Peer-Reviewed Blog Section, August 2018, www.script-ed.org
Contributing author for Video Games and the Law, by Elizabeth Townsend-Gard and Ron Gard. Routledge Books, 2017.