
Blockchain Law for Social Good Center
USF’s Blockchain Law for Social Good Center is a training ground for the next generation of lawyers, lawmakers and policy-enforcers to think about technology, society, and the law in a balanced way.
The Blockchain Law for Social Good Center is the first of its kind in the nation.
Our mission is to create the training grounds to equip law students, lawyers, entrepreneurs, policymakers and government officials at the federal, state and local level, on the socially beneficial use cases of blockchain law and emerging technology.
We are committed to democratizing blockchain law education to better inform a balanced, inclusive and prosocial regulatory scheme for blockchain innovation in the United States. To do this, we’ve organized our work according to four key priorities: education, community, research and policy.

Professor Michele Neitz
Brings 16 years of legal teaching experience, voted “Most Outstanding Professor” six times, appointed to the California Blockchain Working Group in 2019
I founded the Center with three goals: to promote blockchain education; to develop a legal community fluent in blockchain-related issues; and to advance research and policy in the emerging field of blockchain technology and the law, with a focus on how this new technology will advance socially beneficial causes.”
Professor Michele Neitz
Brings 16 years of legal teaching experience, voted “Most Outstanding Professor” six times, appointed to the California Blockchain Working Group in 2019
Initiatives
Blockchain Law Education Program
A core component of the Center’s work is the Blockchain Law Education Program which takes an interdisciplinary, nuanced approach to educating and training our growing multi-stakeholder network. The Center offers trainings to government officials, corporations, the legal community, and those in academia.
Research
The Center regularly publishes thought leadership on a variety of topics within the blockchain and law ecosystem. Our research includes snap analyses, policy briefings, opinion pieces, white papers, and more.
But Why Blockchain?
A real-talk series featuring real people doing real things. Learn more about innovative projects leveraging blockchain for positive change.
Events
The Center hosts a variety of events to convene advocates, lawyers, policymakers, educators, creators, business leaders, scholars and builders from across diverse domains in an effort to cross-pollinate ideas, facilitate productive dialogue and encourage real-time ideation on agenda setting topics related to sustainability, human rights and policy, and more.