Michelle earned a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 2011, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a member of the Journal of Transnational Law. She holds a B.A. degree in English literature from Columbia University. As a Ringer Fellow at the U.S. Copyright Office, she works on such issues as music licensing, orphan works, and library exceptions. Prior to that, she was a senior copyright researcher at Columbia University’s Copyright Advisory Office and an associate at the firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in New York City. She is a member of the New York bar.