Laura is a third-year law student at the University of San Diego of Law pursuing a concentration in Intellectual Property. She is a writer for USD School of Law’s Newspaper Motions and a first-round draft pick for USD’s Intramural Softball League. She was born and raised in Charleston, SC, and is doing her best to prove that southerners are people, too. When she’s not absorbed in cyberspace, she likes to read, write, and scream loudly at football games.
CCourtney is a second year law student with an interest in business development and international law. Regarding new media, she has positive feelings about the participatory culture we are in, the shift away from passive consumption, and the availability of creative surplus. She believes strongly in a quote she once read: "The internet means never having to ask permission before trying something new."
Jamie is a second-year law student at California Western School of Law in San Diego, where he focuses on media and entertainment law. Before returning to the academic fold, he worked for several years developing, repping and selling independent films in New York City, and later worked as a professional screenwriter and script doctor. For him, promoting new art, artists and entrepreneurs has always been more a pleasure and a privilege than it has a job. When time allows, he can be found whittling away at an ever-expanding pile of things he needs to watch, read or listen to...he also manages to sneak in the occasional surf.
Shruti is an LLM graduate from George Washington University Law School with specialization in Intellectual Property laws. Before coming to pursue her Masters degree, she was practicing law in India. She is a young talented lawyer who persistently craves to excel in whatever she undertakes with the requisite diligence. She strongly believes in the efforts of new media and is excited to be a part of this creative family. Apart from being dedicated at her work, Shruti is also a great dancer and loves to travel.
Aleymar Santana is a video production volunteer born and raised in San Diego, CA. She grew up being her mother's photography subject, and when she got her own camcorder, she learned that she had a passion for filmmaking herself. Besides video she loves to sing, dance, watch movies and workout. The Disney princess movies, action-adventures like Pirates of the Carribean, and classics like Ben Hur are all in her DVD collection.
Lauren is a law student at California Western with an interest in IP – in particular video game law, brand management, licensing, cyberspace & privacy law. She has a Film Production degree from SDSU, where she was the producer of several student films and music videos. Lauren is a self-proclaimed geek, playing video games in her limited spare time to stay sane, as well as checking up daily on game-related legal websites. She sincerely wants a puppy, but is happy to work towards the goal of passing the bar as the prerequisite for obtaining that particular reward.
Katrina is happy to be back in her hometown of San Diego as a second year law student at California Western School of Law. She is interested in IP and communications/media law. Katrina has a Media Studies degree with a minor in Journalism from the University of San Francisco. Prior to law school, she worked for ABC7 in SF and LA but was more passionate being a freelance print and broadcast reporter for ethnic news outlets such as The Filipino Channel (TFC). Katrina loves seeing her friends and family start their own creative enterprises in fashion, makeup artistry, photography, and videography with the help of Internet and social media. She’s excited to help further other people's creative and entrepreneurial efforts through new media. Outside school and work, Katrina enjoys watching movies, keeping up with celebrity gossip, and playing with her 5-lb chihuahua Pacman (named after boxing champ Manny Pacquiao).
Toon graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Studio Art and spent the next five years of his life working in marketing. Like all children of the 80’s and 90’s, he loves and is fascinated by movies, music, games, and all things internet related. He parlay these interests into law school where he is focusing on IP law, consumer rights, and First Amendment issues.
Gemma is mastering the fine art of media know-how and tech savviness. She spent the last five years working to improve health care for individuals and families, and is excited to return to legal advocacy. She obtained her J.D. from Pepperdine University in 2003, and received her certificate in Entrepreneurship and Technology. She loves doodling and social networking, not to mention solving problems for cutting edge issues in the field.
Kyle is entering his 2L year at California Western School of Law, where he plans to focus on IP law. Kyle previously earned a BS in mechanical engineering, which he enjoyed so much that he decided to continue his education in the most drastically different direction possible and go to law school. He looks forward to enthusiastically helping artists and internet users deal with complex copyright and licensing issues in this rapidly evolving world of the internet. When he has spare time, Kyle enjoys eating cereal and watching Nicholas Cage movies.
