Mary Landergan currently serves as counsel to Rich May, PC. on a part-time basis. On June 30, 2019, she retired from her full-time position as Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the IP CO-LAB at Northeastern University School of Law where she still teaches Constitutional Law. She is a lawyer with extensive experience in contracts, litigation, first amendment law, international law entertainment law, copyright law, trademark law, corporate law, privacy, employment law and government regulation. Work experience also includes working at New York City law firms as well as in-house counsel at CBS and ABC, and as an independent consultant for WGBH and Draper Labs.
In addition to teaching Constitutional Law for NUSL’s on-line LLM program, Mary has taught Mass Media Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Antitrust Law, Professional Responsibility, First Amendment Law and Trademark Law. Her pro bono experience includes work in thenfollowing fields: human rights, domestic violence, on-line bullying, global health and immigration.
Mary graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors from Wellesley College with a degree in English and Psychology. She also received a Master’s Degree with honors specializing in Anglo-Irish Literature from University College, Dublin, Ireland. She received her JD from Columbia University School of Law where she was selected as an International Fellow. She currently serves on the Boards of Medicines for Humanity and the Melrose Alliance Against Violence.
For her Access to Justice Fellowship, Mary will work with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) assisting ADL in using civil litigation as a tool to combat hate and extremism, both on and offline.