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Meenakshi Krishnan
Associate
Meenakshi Krishnan counsels and defends media, nonprofit, and technology clients in First Amendment, copyright, newsgathering, and defamation matters. Her experience includes researching and litigating significant issues surrounding free expression, privacy, and FOIA. Prior to joining DWT, Meenakshi worked as a Legal Fellow at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, where she focused on FOIA and First Amendment litigation, including legal challenges to social media blocking by public officials and the government's system of pre-publication review.
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Admitted to Practice
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District of Columbia, 2018
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U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 2021
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2021
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 2019
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 2022
Education
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J.D., Yale Law School, 2018
- Executive Editor, Forum and Features, Yale Law Journal
- Student Director, Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic
- Co-President, Yale Law and Technology Society
- Winning Team and Best Oralist, First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition, ABA Forum on Communications Law, 2018
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M.Phil., International Relations and Politics, University of Cambridge, 2014
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B.A., History and Political Science, Wake Forest University, 2013, with honors, summa cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Guy T. Carswell Scholar
Languages
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Spanish
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Co-chair, NextGen Committee, Media Law Resource Center, 2024-present
- Advisory Board Member, Initiative for a Representative First Amendment, 2021-2024
Professional Recognition
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- Named to "Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll" by the D.C. Court of Appeals and the D.C. Superior Court, 2022-2023
Background
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- Legal Fellow, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 2019-2020
- Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. James A. Wynn, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, Raleigh, N.C., 2018-2019
- Fulbright Scholar, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, 2014-2015
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