Michael Goldstein is the founder and now senior counsel in the education practice at Cooley LLP, a global law firm.

He has been active in finding ways to minimize regulatory barriers to the wide utilization of technology in education, particularly in delivering high quality courses and programs across state and national boundaries. Most recently he has become deeply involved in the integration of technology into learning at all levels, particularly in finding creative ways to finance development and adoption. Before turning to the law Goldstein was an associate vice chancellor and associate professor of Urban Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago and assistant city administrator and director of university relations for New York City. He was the first director of the New York City Urban Corps, the nation’s largest urban intern program.

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