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Adam Goldstein

801 15th Street South #315, Arlington, VA 22202

E-mail: adam@adamgoldstein.com

 

EDUCATION:            Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY

Juris Doctor, May 2002

Honors: Dean’s List, 2000-2001

Journal: Technology Editor, Fordham Intellectual Property, Media

              and Entertainment Law Journal        

Cumulative GPA: 3.333/4.0  (Approximate Top 25%)

 

Fordham University, New York, NY

Bachelor of Arts, Internet Journalism, May 1999

Editor-in-Chief, FCLC Observer (newspaper), 1998-1999

Honors:  Summa Cum Laude

  Dean’s List, 1995-1999

  Diploma with Honors, Communication

                                    Minor: Communication & Media Studies

                                    Cumulative GPA: 3.839/4.0

 

EXPERIENCE:          Student Press Law Center, Arlington, VA

                                    New Media Legal Fellow                               September 2003 – Present

·         Advise thousands of student journalists and their advisers on their legal rights

·         Write legal opinion letters on intellectual property, constitutional, and statutory law

·         Manage dozens of ongoing situations and handle intake for several new problems daily

·         Assist in drafting cyberlaw chapter updates for student press law textbook

·         Speak to groups of students and professionals about current issues in student media

 

Prof. Madeleine Schachter, Fordham University, New York, NY

                                    Research Assistant                                         March 2002 – August 2002

·         Performed legal research to update textbooks on Internet and Privacy law

·         Redrafted portion of the Internet textbook on history of IP issues and the law

·         Drafted footnotes on IP issues with little or no adjustments made by Prof. Schachter

·         Conducted in-depth legal research on constitutional privacy issues and IP issues

 

Fox News Channel, New York, NY

                                    Web News Producer, Freelance                                 April 1999 – July 2002

·         Updated and maintained FoxNews.com site, independently choosing news lineup

·         Wrote 3-4 stories per day, and edited 30-40 stories per day, usually unsupervised

·         Directed work of editors and writers, designed layouts, and managed workflow

·         Worked nights/weekends for 18-35 hours per week, some full-time summers

 

PUBLICATIONS:      Guide to Internet Law, SPLC Report, Vol. XXV, No. 2, p. 40 (Spring 2004) (Part I) and No. 3, p. 40 (Fall 2004) (Part II) (co-author).

 

ICANNSucks.biz (And Why You Can’t Say That): How Fair Use of Trademarks in Domain Names is Being Restrained, 12 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 1151 (2002).

 

Like a Sieve: The Child Internet Protection Act and Ineffective Filters in Libraries, The Common Good, March 2002 at 1, republished as 12 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 1187 (2002).

 

SKILLS:

·         Admitted to NY State Bar, First Department, 09/03; member in good standing

·         Capable of applying journalism techniques to legal work and vice versa

·         Member, Copyright Society of the United States; NYSBA; NYCLA; ABA

·         Expert knowledge of most aspects of Web production and design

 

REFERENCES:          Available upon request.