Rebecca was funded by the Rockefeller Center for a winter 2015 internship, with generous support from the E. John Rosenwald Jr. '52 Public Affairs Fund.

1. Rebecca Rowland is an expected government and history
double major. During high school she interned for a non-
profit organization which sent medical missions to Haiti,
and her town library exhibited photographs she took on
the island. At Dartmouth she worked as a news reporter
for The Dartmouth newspaper, and spent her freshman
summer teaching English and art in Fuzhou, China. Rebecca
co-founded the Dartmouth writing publication The
Humbug, and studied at the London School of Economics
and Political Science as part of the Government
department’s foreign study program. After graduation, Rebecca hopes to participate in
humanitarian projects and attend graduate school.
Rebecca was funded by the Rockefeller Center for a Winter 2015 internship, with generous
support from the Mr. E. John Rosenwald Jr. ’52 Public Affairs Internship Fund.
Executive Summary from Rebecca’s final report:
The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York is the office for the federal prosecutor
for Manhattan, Bronx, and various NY counties. Currently, the office is led by U.S. Attorney Preet
Bharara who oversees the office’s criminal and civil investigations. During my internship I worked in the
press office. My duties included preparing press conferences and repatriation ceremonies, researching
information on past and ongoing cases, attending court proceedings to relay the developments of
important cases, talking to reporters and answering press inquiries, as well as compiling and distributing
daily news clips. Over the course of my internship, I attended lectures and panels hosted by the U.S.
Attorney, took photos for the office at the Press Conference for the Sheldon Silver investigation,
witnessed a swearing-in ceremony for three new Assistant U.S. Attorneys, and, most valuably, gained a
level of insight into legal proceedings that most only achieve
in law school. Because of my position in the press office I was
not only exposed to a variety of cases, but was expected to
be knowledgeable of all of the office’s high profile
investigations—cases involving public corruption, terrorism,
cybercrime, money laundering, securities and commodities
fraud, to name a few.
[MR. E. JOHN ROSENWALD JR. ’52 PUBLIC AFFAIRS FUND INTERN PROFILE]
“My internship gave me
confidence that if I go to law
school, I would enjoy the work
I would do there.”

2. My internship at the U.S. Attorney’s office provided me with a window into the legal process from the
beginning of investigations to building a case, to prosecuting, to closing, and sometimes to appealing. I
also learned about media, the press, and the battle between ethical journalism and sensational news.
My position in the press office exposed me to the power of media, especially with regards to significant
cases.
My passions lie in public policy and I have an interest in attending law school in the future, but whether
that leads me to working in Government, at an advocacy organization, as a lawyer pursuing justice, or as
a journalist seeking transparency, I am unsure. I believe those various professions are inter-related and
that to succeed I will have to be competent in each. My time working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office
reinforces that belief. I worked in a federal institution. I researched policy and law. I observed the legal
process to administer justice. I interacted with reporters spreading information and transparency about
cases. My internship gave me confidence that if I go to law school, I would enjoy the work I would do
there. I am animated about law and the work that attorneys do. But my internship also exposed me to
the work of a public servant. I enjoyed the policy aspect of working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office and
would like to continue to pursue social justice. Ultimately my internship reinforced my passions and
plans for the future.
Rebecca Rowland ’16 with U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in the Press Office during her spring-term internship.
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