Nikki Bourassa
Class Year: 2023
JD/MBA Program Model: 3-year
Hometown: Mount Laurel, NJ
Undergraduate Major: Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species
Previous Professional Experience: Tech policy in the public interest
Extracurricular Involvement: Law Review; Journal of Law & Innovation; Price Media Law Moot Court; Internet, Tech & Society Collaborative; Sustainable Business Coalition
Career Plans: Summer Associate at Latham & Watkins and then Summer Intern at the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition.
Why a JD/MBA? My work prior to graduate school illuminated how law and business are inextricably intertwined in thorny challenges arising from modern technology. I pursued both degrees to better understand this intersection through the friends, training, knowledge, skills, mentors and networks that come with each world here at Penn.