CHAMPION STORIES
LEGAL EXCELLENCE Dedicated alumna Melissa Maalouf is sharing her expertise as a member of the new Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) Alumni Advisory Council
BY DEBORAH TAYLOR
Melissa Maalouf ’07 seizes opportunities, and she pays them forward. While building her exceptional career in data protection and cybersecurity law, she has devoted herself to giving back to her alma mater. This summer, she embraced a new challenge by joining AUWCL’s inaugural Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) Alumni Advisory Council, dedicated to planning and developing initiatives that safeguard and advance the program’s preeminence in the study and research of intellectual property and technology law.
“I loved my time at WCL. I had a fantastic experience, and I always wanted to stay involved,” Maalouf said.
Melissa Maalouf ’07
As a member of the PIJIP Alumni Advisory Council, Melissa will help ensure that PIJIP’s academic program remains forward-looking and connected to major networks in private and nonprofit practice, the corporate world, and government. The Council is committed to helping students through mentoring, networking, assisting with job searches, and offering course advice. The Advisory Council members will also help shape the curriculum to focus on the needs of lawyers in the coming decades.
Melissa is a shareholder at ZwillGen, a 13-year-old boutique law firm headquartered in Washington, DC, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. In her almost 12 years there, the firm has grown from seven to almost 40 lawyers and fellows. Her practice focuses on representing clients in a wide range of privacy, security, advertising, and e-commerce matters. She also helps lead the firm's junior attorney recruiting and fellowship program.
“I always enjoy attending WCL career fairs and talking with WCL students interested in privacy and technology law who
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