Steven Nam is Director of the Stanford Entertech & AI Lab (SEAIL), where he focuses on the intersection of entertainment, AI, and other evolving technologies. Since 2018, he also has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Journal of AI/Web3 Law & Policy. Fluent in Korean and Japanese, he is especially interested in novel research synergies and innovation-driving dialogue between the U.S. and East Asia, having frequently co-organized events with the region’s public and private sectors.

Nam previously was Special Projects Director at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center (now the Stanford Tech Impact & Policy Center); legal counsel and ecosystem developer for the Ethereum Foundation; Distinguished Practitioner at Stanford’s Center for East Asian Studies; Visiting Professor of Law at UC Davis Law School; and an antitrust attorney with Jones Day.

He received his B.A. from Yale University, his J.D. from Columbia Law School, and his M.A. (Political Science) from Columbia University.