Rutgers Law–Camden Student Awarded Google Policy Fellowship to Advocate for D.C. Nonprofit this Summer

Thanks to a Google Summer Fellowship, Princeton resident Bryan Suchenski will spend his summer in Washington D.C. at Public Knowledge, a technology policy nonprofit. For 10 weeks, the Rutgers Law–Camden student will advocate for open access to the Internet and modernized copyright law.

A graduate of Princeton University, where he majored in philosophy, Suchenski worked as a software designer in California before attending Rutgers Law–Camden.

“The strong faculty in information policy appealed to me,” he says. Now as a law student, Suchenski serves as a research assistant for Professor Greg Lastowka examining user-generated content in video game systems.

“When adding content, users may draw inspiration from other sources, like Iron Man, for instance. Could that be violating other copyrights? What if Marvel had an interest in licensing?” asks the Rutgers Law–Camden student.

Data for the Rutgers Players Project is being collected now through an online survey (https://camdenrutgers.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0VzeOA1fJHthpkN).

"Bryan has made a great research assistant.  He has an agile legal mind, a multitude of extra-legal interests, and he produces top-quality work,” says Lastowka, who co-directs the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law with Rutgers Law–Camden professors Michael Carrier and Ellen Goodman.

Suchenski’s summer won’t be spent completely indoors and online, of course. He also has plans to unplug and reconnect with fellow folk dancers in New England.