Brittan Heller is a human rights lawyer and lecturer at Stanford University, where she teaches in the International Relations Program and at Stanford Law School. A thought leader in new technology and the law, her work focuses on the intersection of technology, human rights, and the law, exploring emerging technology's connections to society, privacy, security, and governance.

Heller is a recognized authority in AI, 3-D computing, and the law, having introduced the concept of "biometric psychography" to describe new privacy risks in advanced computing mediums. She serves on the steering committee for the World Economic Forum's Metaverse Governance initiative and conducted pioneering research on content moderation as an inaugural AI and Tech Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights. Her achievements include receiving a 2024 Bellagio Residency to write about the intersection of spatial computing and AI, as well as earning a Poly Award and The Nextant Prize.

Heller frequently lectures at prominent venues, including Davos, SXSW, the Augmented World Expo, the Internet Governance Forum and The Atlantic Live, and her publications have appeared in outlets like the New York Times, The Hill, and The Information. Her consulting clients include the Council of Europe, the United Nations, the Christchurch Call, world governments, tech companies such as Meta and Google, and global organizations addressing technology's impact on society.

Before her current academic and consulting roles, Heller worked at the International Criminal Court on the first cases. She served as a Luce Scholar in Seoul, aiding North Korean refugees, and conducted rule of law work with the Afghanistan Legal Education Project in Kabul. Domestically, she was an Honors Attorney and Computer Hacking and IP Specialist for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. She later led the Global AI Practice Group as Counsel in Global Business and Human Rights at Foley Hoag.

Currently, Heller holds fellowships and affiliations with the Yale Information Society Project, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics Research Lab, and George Washington University's Center for Law and Technology. A graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, she continues to shape the conversation at the nexus of technology, society, and law.