Rory Eastburg

Rory focuses on prior restraint, court access, and secret court issues. After graduating from the University of Chicago with a degree in Philosophy, Rory worked as Outreach Coordinator for the Student Press Law Center for three years. He attended the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he worked at the First Amendment Project in Oakland, the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, and the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. Before coming to the Reporters Committee, Rory was a Media Associate in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. He is a member of the State Bar of California, a board member of the First Amendment Project, and recently served on the faculty of the Texas State Bar’s Bill of Rights 2008 CLE course.