My primary project during my summer with the Open Rights Group was preparing a position paper on network neutrality, a complex issue in consumer broadband Internet access. The paper synthesized British and European Union law on competition, telecommunications, and consumer protections for a non-legal audience. In addition, I responded to developments in several areas affecting consumers online, including file-sharing and copyright term extension.

I contacted dozens of nations’ Washington, D.C. embassies for information on their domestic Internet access policies. I also edited and revised the project’s findings for publication.

My chief focus while at the Center was a comparative legal project of my own design on global regulation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) and nanotechnology. I also drafted op/ed pieces and notes to appear in national newspapers and journals.

My campus job as an undergraduate involved the upkeep 1700 computers and 140 printers in sites across Ann Arbor. I independently adapted to problems arising across campus using a variety of tools, coordinated the responses of other team members, and trained several new employees.

Under the direction of a visiting member of the faculty, I used online and offline sources to find and tabulate data on state-supported terrorism.