EDUCATION:
The George Washington University Law School: J.D., with Honors, 2023
The University of Denver: B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, 2018
EXPERIENCE:
Julia P. Dacy has experience working with journalists and news organizations on First Amendment matters. She advises clients on newsgathering issues, trademarks, copyrights, and defamation defense.
Prior to joining Mandell Menkes, Julia was a Media Law Fellow at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press where she worked on federal and state FOIA litigation, wrote amicus and appellate briefs on a variety of access cases, and conducted prepublication review for journalists, authors, and documentary filmmakers. She also has experience working in-house at major news and entertainment companies including NBCUniversal and National Public Radio (NPR).
Julia previously served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Federal Communications Law Journal and was a finalist in the Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court competition.
PUBLICATIONS:
Straight to the Source: Shielding a Journalist’s Metadata with Federal Legislation, 75 Fed. Comm. L.J. 371 (2023).
ADMISSIONS:
The District of Columbia