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Meet rohun reddy, the winner of

aBa annual First amendment and Media Law

diversity Moot Court Competition

OuR BuREAu
Wong McMillian, Georgia Supreme
Chicago Court; and Judge L. Felipe Restrepo,
Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
ohun Reddy, a 2L JD-MBA “This award means a lot to me
student at Northwestern Pritz-
Rker School of Law / Kellogg because it is proof that the experts
in the field have recognized the hard
School of Management and the son of work that Rohun and I put into un-
Leela and Dr. Suresh Reddy, former derstanding the complex sphere of
President of American Association of First Amendment and media law and
Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) structuring our legal arguments in a
won the Best Brief overall in the com- persuasive manner,” Choi said. “I am
petition, one of the top three prizes of also interested in eventually pursuing
the day at the American Bar Associa- a career in media and entertainment
tion’s 14th Annual First Amendment law, so this unique moot court experi-
and Media Law Diversity Moot Court ence was an important stepping stone
Competition. towards my long-term aspirations as
Rohun, whose interest has been
about the intersection of technology, an attorney.”
Summarizing the experiences
media, and law won the prize along of the efforts, collaboration and the
with the co-participant, Michael success, Rohun exclaimed: “I learned
Choi (JD-MBA ’23) at Northwestern so much from my mentor-coach, the
Pritzker School of Law.” “The ABA other competitors, and our highly
First Amendment and Media Law accomplished judges, and I am so
moot court provided me an opportu- grateful for the connections I made
nity to hone my advocacy skills in an throughout the process. [It] has defi-
area of law that I am deeply passion- nitely been one of my favorite law
ate about,” Rohun said after winning school experiences!”
the competitive award. “I believe that
our brief has been so strong because
of the natural passion that Michael tainment, and spent several years as
and I have for First Amendment law a technology and media consultant
and the mentorship that our coach, at Activate Consulting in New York.
Leita Walker, provided us through Rohun holds a B.F.A. in Film/Tele-
each step of the process.” vision from New York University’s
Expressing grateful “for the un- Tisch School of the Arts.”
wavering support that my parents The annual competition at
have provided me not just in this Northwestern was designed primari-
competition but throughout my ac- ly to introduce minority law students
ademic career,” Rohun said, “I ap- to the practice of media law and to
preciate that competitions such as lawyers active in the communications
this one is available to help introduce law bar. The competition offered
other students from underrepresent- cash prizes for superior performance
ed backgrounds in law to careers in in appellate briefing and oral argu-
First Amendment and media law.” ment. The hypothetical case at the
At law school, Rohun serves as center of the competition involved
Co-President of the Arts and En- timely issues of national significance
tertainment Law Society and is an in the areas affecting communica-
editor on the Journal of Technology tions law. Briefs were judged blindly
and Intellectual Property. Rohun by a panel of experienced media-law
spent his 1L summer externing for practitioners. Choi and Reddy wrote
the Honorable David O. Carter of the highest-scoring brief and each
the Central District of California team member received $1,000.
and will be spending his 2L summer Held via video conference, the
at Paul, Weiss in New York. Before Moot Court finals were conducted
law school, Rohun interned at sev- by three distinguished jurists: Judge
eral entertainment companies, such Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ninth Circuit
as Viacom and FilmNation Enter- U.S. Court of Appeals; Justice Carla

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