Four years ago, one of our Master of Science in Law (MSL) student leaders, Javier Jara (MSL ’20), suggested that we hold an event to highlight the MSL and give students the opportunity to present the work they had completed or topics they had explored during the MSL program. This led to the first MSL […]
Welcome to the MSL blog! I have the pleasure of directing the MSL program’s external outreach efforts and advising students on career and professional advancement plans. In addition, I get to help spread the word about the MSL program around the Chicagoland area and the world. Today, I call Chicago’s Lakeview East neighborhood home, but […]
We’re delighted to have the opportunity to again write about Steven Hansen‘s (MSL ’18) continued entrepreneurial success. His company, Odin Technologies, won the diagnostics startup track at MedCity INVEST in Chicago in April. You can read all about it in this Yahoo Finance story. Steven has been working to raise funds and advance his product […]
By Ying Chen, Samantha Loren, & Daniel Torres Day 5 – Friday, March 29: Ouster We all feel a rush of excitement when we think about tech startups. Imagine making technical breakthroughs on daily basis, growing from a few buddies working in a garage to a proper company with multiple divisions, capital flooding in from […]
By Hao Gao & Shalin Shah Day 5 – Friday, March 29: Nextlaw We were fortunate to have a meeting with John Fernandez and Maya Markovich of Nextlaw. The meeting was held at the Dentons office in downtown San Francisco. The MSL EnTP team arrived at the office on the last morning of our trip. […]
By Ying Chen, Samantha Loren, & Daniel Torres Day 4 – Thursday, March 28: Atrium The MSL is similar to a startup in and of itself. Thus, it was a great privilege for the EnTP team to visit Atrium, the revolutionary legal firm that is shaking up Silicon Valley. Co-founded by the incredible Justin Kan, […]
By Hao Gao & Shalin Shah Day 4 – Thursday, March 28: Cisco The MSL EnTP team visited Cisco Meraki, a subsidiary of Cisco that is focused on creating simple and effective cloud managed IT. In a big conference room, Mark Chandler and Steve Harmon greeted the MSL EnTP team with two cute pups in […]
By Xiaolei Cheng, Shao-Hsuan Kao, & Kat Klein Day 3 – Wednesday, March 27: Tarun Wadhwa, Day One Insights Day three of the EnTP trip concluded with Tarun Wadhwa’s presentation at Northwestern San Francisco. It was a highlight of our trip. As CEO of Day One Insights, an academic, and an acclaimed writer, Tarun illustrated […]
By Jay Jiang and Sage Yang Day 3 – Wednesday, March 27: Google AI On the third day of the EnTP trip, we visited Google’s Mountain View campus and had the incredible opportunity to chat with Anand Babu, Director of New Products for Google AI. Google AI, formerly Google Research and Google Brain, is Google’s artificial […]
By Xiaolei Cheng, Shao-Hsuan Kao, and Kat Klein Day 3 – Wednesday, March 27: Gilead On the third day of our EnTP trip, we visited Gilead Sciences, one of the largest bio-pharmaceutical companies in the world. Founded in 1987, Gilead’s mission is to advance the care of patients worldwide who suffer from life-threatening diseases. Gilead […]