Cara P. Cavanaugh

About Cara P. Cavanaugh

Cara Cavanaugh is an Associate at Milbank, LLP in the Transportation & Space practice group. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. During law school, Ms. Cavanaugh interned at the NASA Office of General Counsel and the FCC Satellite Division. Prior to law school, Ms. Cavanaugh was a Science Policy Fellow at the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) in Washington, DC, where she supported the space portfolio. Ms. Cavanaugh is a graduate of Princeton University with a BA in History of Science. Her senior thesis explored international relations between emerging space programs in Europe, Brazil, and the United States. She presented her research as a speaker at the 2017 European Space Agency History Conference in Padua, Italy. Ms. Cavanaugh received a Fulbright Award to complete a MSc in Science Communication at Dublin City University, Ireland. For her master’s thesis, she collaborated with the European Space Agency to analyze the communications campaign for their Rosetta mission. During her Fulbright Award, she was chosen to represent Ireland at the annual Fulbright EU-NATO Seminar in Brussels.

Experience

1. Associate

   Milbank LLP

   Sep 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Transportation & Space Practice Group

Education

• Dublin City University

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Science Communication

  2016 — 2017

• Academy of Saint Elizabeth

  High School

  2008 — 2012

• Georgetown Law

  Doctor of Law - JD

• University of Oxford

  Princeton-Oxford Exchange Program, History

  2015 — 2015

• The George Washington University Law School

  First-year J.D. coursework completed

• Princeton University

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), History of Science

  2012 — 2016