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  • Harvard Law School, 1997-:
    Advanced communications law and policy seminars for J.D., L.L.M. and S.J.D. degree students, the first ever at Harvard Law School; course on entertainment and media law; member, Harvard University Faculty Seminar on Information Infrastructure and Governance

  • The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tuft University, 1990-1997:
    Advanced international communications law and policy seminar with students from 24 countries; doctoral committee member for international communications dissertations; adviser, Fletcher Program on International Information and Communication; faculty, Fletcher Global Senior Managers Executive Education Program

  • Information Technology Fellow, International Communications Studies Program, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1999-: Research on domestic and international public and private Internet and telecommunications regulation

  • Senior Mentor, Henry Crown Fellowship, Advisor to corporate and civic program, The Aspen Institute, 1999-:
    Focused on developing the next generation of community-spirited leaders for the 21st century.

  • Eisenhower Fellowship, 2000-: Fellowship based in Budapest, Mungary focusing on internet and telecommunications developments in central and eastern Europe

  • Senior Fellow, Edward R. Murrow Center for International Communications, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1994-1997:
    Research studies on comparative telecommunications regulation

  • Senior Fellow, The Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies, Northwestern University, 1988-1994:
    Research director for major domestic and international studies of the communications policy process; director, Annenberg Faculty Workshop on International Communications

  • Publications:
    Books: Closing the Digital Divide: Creating the Digital Dividend (Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming 2002) Communications Law and Practice (leading treaties now in its twelfth edition, with substantial international satellite and international trade coverage); contributing editor, Cable Communications (Canada), 1985-1995; representative articles on international issues: Boston University International Law Journal; Cable TV Law and Finance; Christian Science Monitor; Eurowatch; International Business; International Law News; Journal of Commerce; Journal of Media Law and Practice; Network World; Technology Review; Telecommunications Policy; U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Reporter; The Washington Post

  • International Editorial Advisory Boards:
    BNA's Electronic Information Policy & Law Report; Eurowatch; Economics; Transnational data and Communications Report; World Telecom Law Report; International Journal of Comunications Law and Policy

    Government Service

  • Board of Directors of the United States-Israel Science and Technology Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel and Washington, DC, 2001 -- (fosters long-range cooperation in high technology development by U.S. and Israeli companies)

  • Special assistance to the Director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Washington, DC 1977-1981 (extensive international communications policy activities during the Carter Administration)

    Public Sector

  • American Bar Association: Chairman, International Communications Committee, Section of International Law and Practice, 1992-1995; Member, CITEL Latin American Telecommunications and Administrative Law Project, 1993-1995

  • Seminar Moderator, Aspen Institute Italia, The New Frontiers of Information in the Digital Age 1999-

  • Seminar Moderator, Aspen Institute Roundtable on International Telecomunications, New World, New Realities: The Remaining Roles of Government in International Telecommunications, 1999-; Member, 1996-

  • Member, Aspen Institute Roundtable on International Communications, 1996-

  • Member: European Union Workshop on Telecommunications Competition Policy, 1998

  • Public sector advisory work: The Brookings Institution, Civic Education Project, Commission of the European Communities, Institute for Information Studies, International Engineering Consortium, International Telecommunication Union

    Private Sector

  • President of Stuart N. Brotman Communications, a global consulting firm for communications, information, Internet and entertainment industry clients. Representative international clients include AT&T, Compaq Computer Corporation, France Telecom, J.P. Morgan & Co., Korea Telecom, Siemens and Telenor

  • Special counsel on international communications law to law firms around the world, including Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; and Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts



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