This past February, Northwestern held the first-ever NU Health Hacks healthcare hackathon at Feinberg’s McGaw Pavilion and the new Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center. The inaugural event brought Northwestern Pritzker law students together with students from the Feinberg School of Medicine, the Kellogg School of Management, the McCormick School of Engineering, and the Weinberg College […]
Global Village, widely known throughout the Northwestern Law School Community as one of the largest and most popular events in the spring, is a celebration of the international community represented throughout the Law School. Last month, Master of Science in Law (MSL) students participated in record numbers to showcase their unique cultures and heritages. MSL […]
In the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program, innovation is taught as a process that can be learned, practiced, and mastered. This post is a companion to an article published on the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property (JTIP) blog; it explores a case study on diffusion theory from […]
As part of the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, we recently welcomed Euler Bropleh, Founder and Managing Director of VestedWorld, to share his interesting journey from law to venture capital. Euler began his career at top global law firms; it was his law firm experience that sparked his belief in economic development as the best way to […]
It seems fair to say that a lot of us are still a bit in shock over the events of this past week – the rapid spread of the virus, the shutdown of in-person classes and activities, and the move to remote law school. This is a lot to handle, and it happened so quickly. […]
We recently read the Legal Services Today blog and were encouraged to see Ralph Baxter’s post: Let’s Stop Calling Legal Service Professionals “Non-Lawyers.” To date, the legal industry has mostly referred to affiliated professionals who aren’t lawyers – no matter their expertise – as “non-lawyers.” Baxter suggests that rather than refer to professionals as what […]