Space Law: The Work Behind an Emerging Practice

Michelle Hanlon spent 25 years as a cross-border M&A lawyer before earning an LLM in space law and reinventing her practice around an environment that nobody quite controls but many want to. Space law is barely developed, but much of the daily work looks like any other industry: contracts, regulatory compliance, and drafting provisions that account for risks nobody else is thinking about yet. Michelle holds a permanent observer seat at the UN committee where international space law is written, and in this episode she breaks down the craft of persuading legislators and diplomats, why industries often write the standards Congress later codifies, and how deep subject-matter fluency reshapes even conventional legal work. Michelle Hanlon is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. This episode is hosted by Kyle McEntee. Mentioned in this episode: Access LawHub today! Learn more about Juno and private student loans Learn more about Haynes Boone LLP Learn more about Juno and private student loans

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Space Law: The Work Behind an Emerging Practice is an episode from LST's I Am The Law by Kyle McEntee.

This episode is 24:39 long.

This episode was published on Apr 8, 2026.

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