We often get asked by prospective students: what will my days look like as a student in the MSL Program? To help answer this question, current student Justin Chae (MSL ’20) wrote the following blog post. He wrote this piece just before the MSL Program transitioned to eLearning in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak; […]
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 […]
Earlier this month, Myra Pasek (JD ’90), former General Counsel at Impossible Foods, and current General Counsel at Ouster, spent two days at the law school talking to students about her interesting work in the technology sector. During her time at the law school, she kicked off the Spring version of the DPELC-MSL Speakers Series, […]
Graduation is not far off for the MSL class of 2020! As students start to think more about what they will do after graduation, the MSL program staff is running a series of panels and workshops to help expose students to the wide range of professional opportunities that await them. January featured two such panels, […]
When individuals without prior knowledge think about data, they often have an idea in their head, but they do not truly fathom how integral data is in society. We tend to see data as something different from our observations of reality. We see data as values, numbers, and something that consultants and analysts show off […]
In the following article, Dan Rodriguez, the Harold Washington Professor and former dean at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, discusses efforts to increase access to legal services through the use of legal professionals who are not licensed lawyers. He focuses on how these “Allied Legal Professionals” (ALPs) might be educated to effectively represent clients, […]
The US-China relationship is widely recognized as the most important bilateral relationship in the world; many STEM and legal professionals confront issues related to this relationship on a daily basis. To share some insights about working transnationally, Perkins Coie, an international law firm, sponsored a seminar for MSL students entitled, “Skirmishes in the Trade War: […]