"I went into my 1L year with a
strong desire to have an inter-
national career, in whatever form
it might take. I had a feeling that
a law
degree would open a lot of
doors, and it has."
Hometown: Snohomish, Washington
Education: B.A., University of Michigan (English)
Current: United States Fulbright Program, Manila, Philippines
Law School Activities:
- Member of Wisconsin Law Review and recipient of Best Managing Editor Award (2007)
- Member, Moot Court Board
- Publications, “What is Benevolence? Clarifying Wisconsin’s Real Property Tax Exemption for Benevolent Organizations and the Argument for the ‘Retirement’ of the Exemption for High-End Senior-Housing Complexes” (Volume 2006 Number 5 of the Wisconsin Law Review)
- Proficient in French; learning Tagalog
Andrew Jaynes has a deep curiosity that drives him to explore the world. He has taken advantage of every chance he’s had to live overseas, traveling to six continents and more than thirty countries, and living abroad in four.
According to Andrew, living in different countries, learning new languages, and assimilating into different cultures has expanded his external view of the world and inspired a closer look at his own system of beliefs and motivations. It also helped him focus on the importance of legal systems and led him to Wisconsin to study law.
Andrew didn’t come to law school knowing exactly what he wanted to do, but in the summer following his second year, the draw of an international job took him to Ottawa, Canada. There, he worked as a diplomatic intern in the Economic section at the United States Embassy, and as part of this work, he wrote a guide to help small American businesses protect their intellectual property in Canada, published in July 2006. Andrew’s summer internship experience paved the way for his current position as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Manila, Philippines, where he is studying the political economy of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in the Philippines.
Andrew’s Fulbright ends shortly, and then he’s off to start a new chapter of his professional life. Substantively, he’s interested in IPR, and while in Manila he’s been drawn to the policy and enforcement side of the law. But Andrew hasn’t limited his options -- the Foreign Service, an international consulting firm, a government agency, an NGO, or practicing law. It’s all in front of him and he’s looking forward to an exciting future using his law degree.
Read more in "An Interview with Andrew Jaynes '07"