He teaches and writes in the areas of copyright, Internet law, privacy, legal history, and civil procedure. His scholarship focuses on the effect of technological change on the evolution of legal doctrine. Prior to joining the faculty at Marquette, Bruce was a visiting professor at Washington & Lee University School of Law and at Michigan State University College of Law. Before that, he was in private practice for several years with the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP, where his practice focused on copyright, privacy, digital rights management, and Internet law.