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Cristina Meisterling

Student Fellow
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Cristina is a second-year law student at California Western School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Cristina received her B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Business Law from California State University, Northridge. After that, she worked in healthcare for a couple of years before landing a job with a growing San Diego law firm. 
 
Cristina joined New Media Rights because she is passionate about making intellectual property law more accessible, and helping local creators protect their works. Apart from school, she enjoys spending time with friends, family, and her two sweet dogs Lucy and Leia.

Emily Kirschenheuter

Student Fellow
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Emily is a second-year student at California Western School of Law. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in broadcast journalism. Prior to law school, she worked as the Executive Producer of Digital at a television news station in San Francisco. 
 
She’s thrilled to merge her passions for digital media and law while working at New Media Rights. She enjoys working with artists and creators to help protect their work and further their creative visions. While in law school, she works as a Teaching Fellow for Contracts and is a member of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society. In her free time, she enjoys trying out new restaurants around San Diego and spending quality time with her cat, Honey. 

Aljona Begaj

Legal Intern
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Aljona is a second-year student at California Western School of Law. Before attending law school, Aljona received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin. While attending U.T., Aljona was involved with fundraising for Court Appointed Special Advocates of Austin. Through CASA, she saw the benefits of advocacy and the importance of having access to justice.

Aljona joined NMR to continue providing legal access through pro bono work while enabling creators to protect their intellectual property.

Aljona currently serves as Treasurer of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society and the Public Interest Law Foundation at California Western.

Zahra Ahmed

Legal Intern
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Zahra is a second-year law student at California Western School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Zahra received her B.A. from the University of California, Davis in Political Science. While obtaining her undergraduate degree at Davis, she was involved with building classrooms and educational programs for Syrian refugee kids in Lebanon. In her first year of law school, Zahra received a Diversity Fellowship through the San Diego Bar Association and received recognition in the San Diego Lawyer Magazine. Currently at law school, she is involved in the Sports and Entertainment Law Society and Diversity Student Committee.

Karla Sasing

Legal Intern
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Karla is a second-year law student at California Western School of Law. Prior to attending law school, she received her B.A. from the University of California, Davis in Political Science. While obtaining her undergraduate degree, Karla was involved in the International Rescue Committee, an immigration non-profit assisting Special Immigrant Visa refugees resettling in the greater Sacramento region, and local political campaigns for homeless youth. During law school, Karla is involved as the President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and Moot Court Honors Board. 

Matt Hallisy

Legal Intern
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Matt is a 2nd Year Law Student at California Western School of Law. Matt spent the better part of two decades in leadership positions in Corporate Compliance in the Finance & Higher Education industries. Matt led diverse project teams implementing cutting edge technology solutions to revolutionize corporate compliance operations for a Fortune 1000 publicly traded company. Prior to attending California Western, Matt earned his Bachelors Degree from the University of Miami and an MBA from the University of Arizona. 

 

Cameron Nia

Legal Intern
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My name is Cameron Nia, and I am going to be a 2L student this year. I am from Scottsdale, Arizona and I am passionate about sports and entertainment. I am so excited to be a part of New Media Rights this semester and I can't wait to get started this fall. A fun fact about me is that I am a triplet. 
 

Katie Jackson

Legal Intern
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Katie grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona, but has lived in San Diego for the past 12 years. She graduated from San Diego State University with a BS in Management Information Systems.

Katie is entering her third year as a law student at California Western School of Law. As a law student, she is a member of the Business Law Society and the Women's Law Caucus and is currently a law clerk for Parker Legal Group.

In her free time, Katie enjoys yoga, reading, traveling and going on runs with her adorable husky, Angel.

Justine Berard

Legal Intern
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Justine was born in Montreal, Canada and raised in Washington, D.C. Prior to law school, she graduated from Clark University in Massachusetts with a B.A. in political science and economics. 
 
Since starting law school, Justine interned with Better APC, where she worked on various projects involving different types of business law including in intellectual property, employment, entertainment and contracts. The intersectionality of creativity in business law is something that excites her a lot. She is eager to collaborate with creators at New Media Rights and help them achieve success. 
 
At CWSL, she competed as an oral advocate for the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, served as treasurer for the Business Law Society, and is a current member of the Women's Law Caucus. Outside of law school, she enjoys hiking, yoga, surfing and anything active that San Diego has the offer. She is also an avid foodie and loves live entertainment whether it be a concert or sports game!

Larryn Zeigler

Legal Intern
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Larryn graduated from the University of Oregon with a BS in Political Science and minor in Business Administration. He worked at adidas: Entertainment Influencer Marketing as a marketing assistant until entering law school at California Western School of Law in 2019.
As a second-year law student at CWSL, he is currently the President of the Black Law School Association (BLSA) and also an Honors Instructor for Legal Skills I and Legal Skills II. He also is currently a judicial extern for the Honorable John A. Houston of the U.S. District Court.
Outside of school, he is passionate about playing basketball and creating films. He is the winner of the 37th Annual College Emmy Television Award: Director of Best Variety Short Film

Larryn hopes to leverage his skills as a creative and a law student to shape the future of law and entertainment.  “We don’t fear the future, we shape it.” – Barack Obama

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