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A History of Success:
Students and Recent Alumni Share Their Stories

 

Hilary Brown is a 3L and attended Ball State University in Indiana for her undergraduate degree. Hilary came to CUA Law because of its Communications Law Institute and the many connections the Institute could provide her. She spent her 2L year as an intern for FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, and has also interned at the National Emergency Number Association and the Telecommunications Industry Association. She has been a member of the Law Review, the Communications Law Student Association, and the Federal Communications Bar Association. Her involvement in these organizations has provided her with multiple opportunities to network, as well as volunteer throughout the community.

 

Jonathan Havens is a 3L student at The Catholic University's Columbus School of Law. He transferred to Catholic after his first year of law school in order to enroll in the Communications Law Institute. Because of his participation in CLI, Jonathan has completed broad-ranging communications law coursework, interned at the FCC Media Bureau and clerked for FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell. He is currently serving as the regulatory affairs intern at CTIA - The Wireless Association®. Beyond CLI, Jonathan is an associate editor on The Catholic University Law Review.

Prior to law school, he worked as a legislative staff aide in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. After his time on Capitol Hill, Jonathan served as a legislative specialist at Wiley Rein LLP, working primarily on telecommunications policy matters. Jonathan graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in American Politics and a minor in history. In addition, Jonathan completed extensive coursework in music and received a scholarship from the University of Virginia's McIntire Department of Music.

 

 

Zach Rothstein grew up in the Washington, DC area and earned his undergraduate degree from Indiana University. Zach is the chancellor of the CUA Moot Court Association, a notes and comments editor of The Catholic University Law Review, and vice-president of the Communications Law Student Association. Zach and his teammate won the 2009 National Telecommunications Moot Court Competition and also won honors for Best Brief.

During law school, Zach interned with the FCC, as well as the Comcast Corporation's government and external affairs office. Zach was also a summer associate at Keller and Heckman LLP.

As an active member of the Communications Law Institute, Zach has enjoyed being a part of this timely and cutting-edge field of law. Zach appreciates the guidance and mentoring that the Institute has provided him, as well as the variety of classes and internships offered through the program.

Kevin Ryan-2010

 

Kevin Ryan came to Washington, D.C., because of its location at the crossroads of policy, industry, and politics. After graduating from Loyola College in Maryland, he returned to New York and co-founded a media and political consulting company that focused on local and state-level candidates.

After those experiences, Kevin decided to get a J.D. from the Catholic University of America and enroll in the Communications Law Studies Institute. While at CUA, he has interned at Nokia, Inc., the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and on Capitol Hill, at the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. The varying perspectives - from the private sector, the executive branch, and the legislative branch - that he has gained from these experiences have helped shape his law school experience.

Kevin is the editor-in-chief of Commlaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Policy. In his spare time, Kevin serves as a public benefits intake volunteer at The Whitman-Walker Clinic, helping clients receive the public benefits they deserve.

 

 

It took only one visit to the school for recent alumna Heidi Stack, Class of 2009, to know that the Columbus School of Law and its Institute for Communications Law Studies would be the perfect fit. The institute had an excellent reputation and took advantage of its Washington D.C. location to offer limitless opportunities for internships in the field.

Heidi was introduced to many facets of communications law including wireless regulation, privacy issues, electronic mass media, Federal Communications Commission practice and cyber law. Through contacts she made with fellow students, faculty, and alumni through networking opportunities offered by the institute, Heidi was able to intern at Comcast, at the National Association of Broadcasters, at the law firm Latham and Watkins, and within the government in the FCC's Enforcement Bureau.

Heidi also served as president of the Communications Law Student Association her third year, participated in the Federal Communications Bar Association, was a staff member of The Catholic University Law Review. Heidi plans to join the firm Latham and Watkins as an associate in December and looks forward to remaining an active member of CLI's extensive network.