Blake E. Reid
Graduate Clinical Fellow in First Amendment and Media Law Staff Attorney
Institute for Public Representation Georgetown Law
Washington, DC *****.****@***.**********.*** 202-***-****
E ducation
Georgetown University Law Center
LL.M. in Advocacy 2013 (anticipated)
University of Colorado School of Law
J.D. 2010 Order of the Coif Public Service Pledge
Rank: 10/187 (top 6%) GPA: 3.67
Editor-in-Chief, Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law
Student Clinician, Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law and Policy Clinic
President, Technology and Intellectual Property Society
University of Colorado School of Engineering
B.S. in Computer Science 2004 GPA: 3.64
J udicial Clerkship
Colorado Supreme Court
Justice Nancy E. Rice 2010-2011
H ighlighted Advocacy
Fourth and Fifth Digital Millennium Copyright Act Triennial Reviews
U.S. Copyright Office Seeking anti-circumvention exemption for video
accessibility; won exemption for security testing
Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act
Federal Communications Commission Representing deaf and hard of
hearing consumer group on rulemakings and other matters
FCC v. Fox Television Stations
U.S. Supreme Court Drafted amicus brief for children s advocacy groups
H ighlighted A cademic Work
Video Accessibility Mandates, the First Amendment, and Copyright
Forthcoming article Presenting at Intellectual Property Scholars (Stanford)
and Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (George Mason)
Building a Bridge Over the Beltway: Tech Policy and Intellectual
Property Advocacy in Administrative Rulemakings
Invited presentation Innovate / Activate 2012 Berkeley Law
Substitution Effects: A Problematic Justification for the
Third-Party Doctrine of the Fourth Amendment
Published essay 8 J. on Telecomm. & High Tech. L. 613 2010
Reforming Legal Research Education Under Law.Gov
Invited presentation Putting the Law Online 2010 Silicon Flatirons
Admitted to practice law in Colorado (inactive) and the District of Columbia
H onors and Awards
National Association of the Deaf Colorado Law Nominee, Jan Jancin
Accessibility Award Intellectual Property Award
The Honorable Stephen F. Williams Samuelson-Glushko Technology
Leadership Award Law and Policy Clinic Award
Don W. Sears Law Faculty Award Dufford & Brown Legal Writing
James R. McBride and Thomas E. Competition Award
Schatzel Intellectual Property Public Interest Service Award
Scholarships IBM Thomas Watson Scholarship
Silicon Flatirons MVP Award Senior Project Best in Class Award
P rofessional E xperience
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
Legal Extern Takedown Notices and Programmatic Analysis 2010
Professor Harry Surden Colorado Law
Research Assistant Computational Jurisprudence 2010
Faegre & Benson LLP
Summer Associate Intellectual Property Litigation Group 2009
Professor Alan J. Canner Colorado Law
Teaching Assistant Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy 2008-2009
University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office
Legal Extern Software Licensing and Open Source Issues 2008
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
Law Clerk Patent Prosecution Group 2008
Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Web Developer and Publicity Manager 2007-2010
The Van Heyst Group
Director of Information Technology 2004-2007
University of Colorado Department of Housing
Resident Advisor 2002-2004
University of Colorado Department of Computer Science
Teaching Assistant 2002
S ervice
DC Broadband Bridge DiscoTech Volunteer 2012
Mike Park Music Volunteer Webmaster and Designer 2005 2012
CU Restorative Justice Volunteer Facilitator 2007 2011
Sister Carmen Center Legal Days Volunteer Legal Assistant 2009
CU Law Student Bar Association Election Commissioner 2007 2010
CU Law Faculty Technology Committee Representative 2007 2009
Boulder County Clerk and Recorder Election Judge 2004-2008
CU Disability Services Volunteer Reader/Transcriber 2004
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H ighlighted Advocacy
Fourth and Fifth Digital Millennium Copyright Act Triennial Reviews