State of Connecticut. She has a column on MSNBC.com called the Filan Files. She was the past president of the Board of Quinnipiac University School of Law Alumni Association and an Alternate on the Local Grievance Panel for the Judicial District of New Haven. Education Quinnipiac College School Of Law, Hamden, CT Juris Doctor, May 1991; Merit Scholar, 1990–91 IOLTA Scholar, 1990–91; American Jurisprudence Award, Trial Practice, 1991 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI M.A., Anthropology, 1986 Teaching Assistant; Research Assistant; Research Grant Recipient Admitted to Ph.D. Program in Anthropology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI B.A., with Distinction, Anthropology, 1981 Graduate of National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Ten Day Regional Program Graduate of National Advocacy Center Trial Advocacy Program Graduate of Top Gun Training Program, Sea Girt, New Jersey References External links Website Living people 1959 births Connecticut lawyers American television reporters and correspondents American television news anchors MSNBC people CNN people American women television journalists American women lawyers American lawyers University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni Quinnipiac University alumni