Kelsey Lutz, the Chief Operating Officer of Luxury Garage Sale, was this week’s guest on the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, where she talked to MSL students about her transition from investment banking to upscale online retail. Throughout the years, Luxury Garage Sale has stood out for being a carefully curated high-fashion consignment boutique. The company began […]
On Friday, the MSL students had the chance to hear from three patent agents to discuss the patent bar, their career, and the professional opportunities in patent law. The panelists were Natalie Kaplan (Senior Patent Agent at the law firm Michael Best & Friedrich), Amy Garber (MSL graduate and Chief IP Officer at Hazel Technologies), […]
The latest DPELC-MSL Speaker Series was a particularly inspiring one. The MSL students welcomed Andrew Stroth, a former sports agent turned civil rights lawyer for victims of police abuse. Andrew talked about the professional journey that led him to become the Managing Partner of the Action Injury Law Group, a firm that deals with more […]
As part of the Regional Seminar of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional US Patent and Trademark Office hosted by the Law School, MSL students were treated to a special panel on the role of the patent examiner and the trademark examining attorney. Alfrod Kindred, the outreach assistant regional director of the Midwest office, and […]
If you’re interested in becoming a patent agent or attorney, then you need to cross off one major to-do: take and pass the Patent Bar Examination. You don’t need a JD to take the exam but you do have to meet certain educational requirements in order to register. Once you have done so, setting up […]
Paula Fasseas, Founder and Chairman of PAWS Chicago, was the latest guest in the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, where she wowed the students with the story of her volunteer grassroots organization. Since 1997, PAWS has been the national model for no kill animal shelters. Thanks to its efforts, the number of homeless pets killed in the […]