Professor Heverly joined the faculty of the Michigan State University College of Law in January 2009 as a Visiting Professor of Law (appointed through June 2010). Prior to teaching at MSU, Robert was a member of faculty at the the University of East Anglia's Norwich Law School. He taught at UEA from June 2003 to December 2008, serving during that time as a Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law and Director of the LL.M. in Information, Technology and Intellectual Property Law. He earned his LL.M. from Yale Law School, after which he undertook a Resident Fellowship with the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. Professor Heverly received a dual Bachelor of Arts (Broadcasting & Mass Communications Studies and Psychology) from the State University of New York College at Oswego (with honours), and his Juris Doctor (with honours) from Albany Law School of Union University. In the nine years between earning his J.D. and his LL.M., he worked at the Government Law Center of Albany Law School, focusing on telecommunications, media, technology, and eventually the Internet; government and administrative law; U.S. federalism; and, land use and environmental law. He has also taught in Trier, Germany, as a Guest Professor in the Common Law.

Professor Heverly retains an appointment as an Affiliated Faculty Fellow with the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, serves as a member of the Editorial Board of I/S: A Journal of Law and Society for the Information Age, and while it was in operation served as a member of the Legal Experts Panel of the Carnegie Mellon based Institute for the Study of Information and Technology in Society (InSITeS). In addition, he is a member of the Working Group on Property, Citizenship and Social Entrepreneurism at Syracuse University, and is involved in the Democracy Design Workshop at New York Law School. Robert has also served on the Board of Editors of the International Journal of Communications Law & Policy, served as the Convention Chair for the 2001 Convention of the Broadcast Education Association, and has participated in or chaired panels for the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Engineering Professional Development Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Professor Heverly’s research interests include intellectual property, technology and society (especially the Internet, computers, networks, and information law), media law, property, and globalization. His courses include Property Law, Advanced Copyright Law, Cyber Law, Property and its Theoretical Foundation, and Entertainment Law. Past courses include intellectual property law, international copyright law, information technology law, law and the information society, and a number of related topics.