Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 · 2 mos

Jun 2019 – Jun 2024 · 5 yrs

• Supervises clinical students on client matters related to computer security, intellectual property law, the First Amendment, and product counseling. Represents clients in a number of pre-litigation matters, providing risk analysis and mitigation strategies. Successfully settled copyright litigation for less than a third of first settlement offer. Filed amicus brief on behalf of media organization and data journalists extensively cited by the Ninth Circuit in Center for Investigative Reporting v. DOJ. Overhauled clinical seminar syllabus in order to teach students cross-cultural lawyering and contract drafting

Aug 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs

• Supervised clinical students on client matters. Filed brief on behalf of two members of Congress inASTM v. Public.Resource.org. Successfully petitioned Library of Congress on behalf of Software Preservation Network, gaining a broad exemption to DMCA §1201 for libraries, archives, and museums to preserve software. Worked with security researchers from DEF CON’s Voting Village to publish voting machine vulnerability findings under threat of litigation.

Sep 2019 – Jun 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos

• Ran a fellowship program for students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in First Amendment law. Created entire program model and raised over $600,000 in order to fund the program. Recruited advisory board, hired staff, oversaw communications, and placed students at summer positions.

Sep 2016 – Aug 2017 · 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Attorney at Zeitgeist Law, a boutique law practice focusing on digital privacy, information security, free expression, and creativity. Counseled clients on matters including privacy, contracts, data minimization and security, and handling online abuse. Wrote law enforcement guidelines and helped handle requests for user data. Co-wrote amicus briefs in Google v. Oracle and Lynch v. Under Seal.

May 2015 – Aug 2015 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Reported directly to general counsel in a high growth Silicon Valley company. Led in-house writing including motions, briefs, and declarations in Arista Records v. Vita Tkach as a non-party. Briefed policy team and civil society organizations on implications of the litigation. Created process and company-wide guidance for ensuring open source license compliance and protocol for open sourcing company software. Wrote end user agreement for new product. Developed trust and safety procedures for handling abuse reports. Responsible for recapturing cybersquatting domains via negotiation with registrars and filing UDRP complaints with 80% success rate.

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Led project to develop a Digital Millennium Copyright Act §1201 exemption proposal for video game authentication and multiplayer servers, continuing into the fall. Wrote section of Yelp v. Hadeed amicus brief on subpoena jurisdiction. Researched and wrote on net neutrality, Title II reclassification and Federal Communications Commission Forbearance. Internally presented work on forced hard drive decryption, information security and coders’ rights issues.

Aug 2013 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos

May 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Managed Berkman Center and Harvard Law School Library projects including H2O, an online textbook development and distribution platform, and “Perma.cc,” an online archiving system to prevent linkrot in journals and court opinions. Prepared briefing documents for the Federal Communication Commission’s Open Internet Advisory Committee. Ran workshop on the impacts of web browsers on privacy online. Served as a teaching fellow for several courses, including Torts. Researched cyberlaw, intellectual property and technical issues for blog posts, presentations and papers. Managed interns and other research assistants. Blogged at futureoftheinternet.org on intellectual property, cyberlaw and technical topics.

Jun 2012 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos · Cambridge, MA

• Part of the Berkman Center's 2012-2013 Fellows class.

Aug 2011 – May 2012 · 9 mos

• Research Assistant to Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School. I provide research assistance, blog at futureoftheinternet.org, and edit academic work.
• I've managed projects like H2O and TAed the Ideas for a Better Internet Harvard/Stanford course. I developed curriculum and course structure for seminar-style computer science class called CS42: Controlling Cyberspace, available online. For the class, I lead discussions and graded student work.
• Also, helped to organize workshops including Computers Gone Wild, Browsers + Internet Freedom and the 2012 Penn/Temple/Wharton Cyberlaw Colloquium.

Jun 2011 – Feb 2012 · 8 mos

• Research Intern on H2O, Herdict and the Open Net Initiative (ONI).
• I blogged at herdict.org/blog and opennet.net and tweeted @herdict. For ONI, it was my responsiblity to do censorship research, legal reading and analysis. I also helped create the H2O Torts pilot textbook.

May 2010 – Dec 2010 · 7 mos

• Research assistant for David Hounshell in the Social and Decision Sciences Department. Worked on an analysis of petroleum companies' research spending from the 1920s to 1980s.

May 2010 – Aug 2010 · 3 mos

• While at Lightswitch, I was responsible for working on a number of projects, including the Computer History Museum, the 2010 Honda Dealer's Meeting in Denver, and many related architectural projects.
• At the Dealer's Meeting, I served as an on-site assistant, creating paperwork and working with the designer and programmer. For the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, I helped perform on-site tests and review paperwork for the construction administration phase of the new permanent exhibit.
• I also helped to create marketing copy and marketing materials for Lightswitch as a firm.

Jun 2009 – Sep 2009 · 3 mos