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ennifer Huddleston is a Senior Fellow in Technology Policy at the Cato Institute and adjunct professor at George Mason's Scalia Law School. She credits the Bastiat Fellowship with more than just knowledge; it gave her the interdisciplinary perspective, the communication skills, and the network that launched her policy career.

Jennifer Huddleston vividly recalls her experience as a third-year law student when she joined the Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship at the Mercatus Center. "One of my most impactful experiences actually happened right when I became a fellow," Jennifer shares. "One of my biggest mentors in tech policy is Adam Thierer, who at the time was a senior fellow in tech policy at Mercatus. And at the first Bastiat dinner, I ended up sitting next to him, and we chatted the whole night about what a liability regime for driverless cars would look like." This conversation would spark a career trajectory that led her to her current role as a Senior Fellow in Technology Policy at the Cato Institute.
 

One of my most impactful experiences actually happened right when I became a fellow.

The Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship is a one-year program that brings together graduate students from different universities and disciplines, including economics, law, political science, and public policy. Through collaborative discussions with peers and Mercatus scholars, fellows explore how the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy provide foundations for contemporary policy analysis and apply to real-world challenges like entrepreneurship, technological innovation, regulation, public health, and fiscal policy.