Amy Garber (MSL ’15) was already a successful patent agent when she joined the MSL program; she came to the MSL to learn more about how intellectual property assets impact business value. In the MSL program, she learned that and so much more – Amy met a like-minded team and went on to co-found Hazel […]
Alumni
MSL Alumnus Steven Hansen, Winner of 2018 HealthTECH Startup Competition
Each year, Insight Product Development hosts a HealthTECH Startup competition, which aims to cultivate entrepreneurship in the healthcare industry and connect corporations with early-stage companies. We are proud to congratulate the 2018 1st place winner, Odin Technologies, a company founded by MSL Alumnus Steven Hansen! Odin Technologies is focused on developing a wearable diagnostic device […]
MSL Student Perspectives: Celeste Calhoun-Johnson (MSL’16)
As an accomplished regulatory affairs specialist, Celeste Calhoun-Johnson (MSL ’16) engaged frequently with legal departments, but she wanted to play a more active role in the important conversations with lawyers and other executives. In the MSL program, she learned fundamental aspects of the law that she now uses day-to-day in working with others to analyze […]
MSL Student Perspectives: Angad Verma (MSL ’18)
Angad Verma (MSL ’18) came to the MSL program after studying mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech; looking to leverage his engineering background, Angad sought interdisciplinary skills that would give him career flexibility and make him an asset in any industry. The MSL program allowed him to marry his STEM background with business and legal courses […]
MSL Student Perspectives: John Walton (MSL ’17)
After graduating from college, John Walton (MSL ’17) knew he was interested in both the law and healthcare, and he was looking for a program that would help him connect these subjects. In the MSL program, John took courses in patents, regulation, and entrepreneurship, and built a foundation for his future as a forward-thinking doctor […]
MSL Student Perspectives: Shunran Shi (MSL ’16)
Already a successful engineer, Shunran Shi (MSL ’16) knew that he wanted to utilize his technical background, but also to take on a professional role that would allow him to interact in a more meaningful way with business and legal issues. In the MSL program, Shunran developed business and leadership skills that helped him land […]
MSL Student Perspectives: Erwin Cruz (MSL ’17)
Erwin Cruz (MSL ’17) already had an impressive thirty-year career to his credit, including two graduate degrees, when he entered the MSL program. But Erwin knew that the MSL program, with its focus on the intersection of business, technology, and the law, would give him the knowledge and skills that would allow him to remain […]
DPELC-MSL Speaker Series: Jan Reed
For the last DPELC-MSL Speaker Series presentation of the semester, students heard from Jan Reed, JD ’84. Reed is currently a board member of AngioDynamics, Inc., Stepan Co., and Life365, Inc., as well as an adjunct professor here at Northwestern’s Entrepreneurship Law Center. She is also notably the former Senior Vice President, General Counsel & […]
MSL Student Perspectives: Laurelle Banta (MSL ’17)
After studying engineering at Northwestern University, Laurelle Banta (MSL ’17) wanted to learn more about intellectual property and how to protect the ideas she was coming up with in the lab. She didn’t know she was also about to become an entrepreneur. As an MSL student, Laurelle took the NUvention Energy course, met a team […]
How Teddy Scott Entered the Industry
Northwestern Law alumnus Teddy Scott joined the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series last week to tell the story of how he went from STEM student to CEO of PharmaCann, LLC. Scott led students through a brief history of the commercial marijuana industry in the United States and then shared an overview of his thirty years of experience. […]