The second subject of our ongoing series, Laura Prather is chair of the MLRC Defense Counsel Section and a partner at Haynes and Boone in Austin...
How’d you get into media law? What was your first job?
I developed a love of First Amendment issues in the tenth grade. I had a wonderful government teacher, Mrs. Peterson, who really fostered that interest in me. We were studying the Constitution and I just did a deep dive into First Amendment issues. I decided if I were able to do something to help defend the right of people to speak freely, that would be one of the most important things I could do.
Excerpted from the MLRC Media Law Letter. To read the full article, please click here.