Brian J. Link Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado

Singapore

California & Hawaii

Los Angeles, California

Marina Del Rey, California

San Diego, California

Researched, edited, formatted, and indexed: Susan Tiefenbrun, Women's International and Comparative Human Rights (2012), and Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection (2011). Co-Organized the 2011 Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Symposium.

San Diego, California

Edited: Walter Araujo, Note, Punishing Cyber-Bullies: Using Supreme Court Guidance Beyond Tinker to Protect Students and School Officials, 34 T. Jefferson L. Rev. 325 (2012); moderated panel: Specialty Concerns for Specialty Law Reviews, at the 2011 National Conference of Law Reviews.

Tokyo, Japan

Drafted memorandums on Japanese and American Trademark, Copyright, and Antitrust laws; worked on Japanese trademark applications; visited Japanese courts; translated and drafted correspondences to clients.

Century City, California

Researched entertainment trends and tax incentives; attended media conventions; translated corporate materials; organized the five day Fuji Television Movie Series; directed news stories for FCI Morning Eye; subtitled and obtained copyrights for the FCI/Fuji Television documentary film Where Angels Take Flight: The Crenshaw Elite Choir (2008); and assisted with the annual Fuji TV/UCLA Extension Media Training Seminar.

Hollywood, California

Hosted, in Japanese, a bi-weekly infotainment news segment, "Uwasa no Showbiz Special," which aired nationally on Japan’s highest rated network morning news program "Mezamashi TV" on Japan’s #1 TV network, Fuji Television. All filming was done in California and was transmitted via wire to Tokyo. Researched entertainment news stories; contacted sources; scouted locations; interviewed celebrities; developed a zany on-air personality that spoke the bucolic Yamagata dialect; translated; and edited… Show more Hosted, in Japanese, a bi-weekly infotainment news segment, "Uwasa no Showbiz Special," which aired nationally on Japan’s highest rated network morning news program "Mezamashi TV" on Japan’s #1 TV network, Fuji Television. All filming was done in California and was transmitted via wire to Tokyo. Researched entertainment news stories; contacted sources; scouted locations; interviewed celebrities; developed a zany on-air personality that spoke the bucolic Yamagata dialect; translated; and edited footage. Show less

El Segundo, California

Executed taxes, visas, insurance renewals, budget analyses, and accounting duties.

Yamagata, Japan

Aterazawa Senior and Sagae Technical High Schools (Yamagata, Japan): Involved with every aspect of teaching High School English in Japan. Included, but was not limited to: organizing and executing lesson plans; administering exams; after-school tutoring; participating in English section meetings; attending seminars and workshops; coaching and judging speech contests; and participating in cultural exchange workshops . In addition to contractual duties: lectured at local Rotary meetings; wrote… Show more Aterazawa Senior and Sagae Technical High Schools (Yamagata, Japan): Involved with every aspect of teaching High School English in Japan. Included, but was not limited to: organizing and executing lesson plans; administering exams; after-school tutoring; participating in English section meetings; attending seminars and workshops; coaching and judging speech contests; and participating in cultural exchange workshops . In addition to contractual duties: lectured at local Rotary meetings; wrote an op-ed essay for the regional newspaper; and was a traveling assistant with the national champion Aterazawa High School Kendo team. Show less

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), International & Comparative Law

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), Business & Tax Law

J.D., Magna Cum Laude, Intellectual Property & International Law

Activities and Societies: Thomas Jefferson Law Review Association, Editorial Board Member, 2010 - 2011; South Asian Law Student.

Education record

Summer Abroad: Tokyo, Japan Japanese Law; Int'l Trade & IP; Japanese Patent & Trademark Law

Education record

Summer Abroad: Zhejiang University, Guanghua College of Law; Hangzhou, China International Business Transactions; WTO Law & China

B.A., Japanese

Education record

UC Summer Abroad: Ryukoku University; Kyoto, Japan Contemporary Japanese Literature & Culture