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 […]
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, […]
There are a ton of events in the Chicagoland area focused on the intersection of law and technology. For example, at the start of the academic year, legal tech professionals, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and many others gathered at Chicago-Kent Law School to discuss the future of the legal profession and how technology can and will enhance […]
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 Evan Goldberg Following a whirlwind trip to the Bay Area to learn about legal technology, startups, large companies, and how innovation is changing operations of all of these entities, our MSL Entrepreneurship Team Project students have written blog posts about each company we visited and entrepreneur with whom we met. This week, we’ll publish […]
The MSL program attracts a wide array of professionals, many of whom complete the program part time while working full time. Our part-time students work all over the Chicagoland area (and beyond), and, with the launch of the online program, all over the world! Recently, two of our local part-time students, Eleonora Forte and Andre Iovane, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]