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; […]
“COVID-19 May Have a Disproportionately Heavy Toll on Underserved, At-Risk, and Vulnerable Patient Populations.” While a vast majority of the U.S. population have started working from home and have emptied stores while stockpiling for social distancing, there’s a large group of underserved communities who aren’t able to do this, and thus are at a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Each week, the MSL program sends out a bulletin that lists events in the Chicagoland area that might be of interest to MSL students. In last week’s bulletin, I learned about a speaker event at the local Chicago IP law firm, Banner Witcoff. The event featured Harvard Business School professors, Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani, […]
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 […]
Exploring Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital As I progress through graduate studies in the Master of Science in Law program at Northwestern’s law school, the strong culture of entrepreneurship and the continued generosity of the entrepreneurship community is something that consistently stands out to me. I was recently reminded of the significance of this special […]
During the Fall 2 session, I had the amazing opportunity to coordinate a Day of Public Service, as part of the MSL Student Governance Committee. I volunteered with my MSL peers to give back to our local community by creating festive cards, compiling bags of toiletries, and knitting scarves. While working on a public service […]
This past October, I delivered a podium presentation at the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty’s 32nd Annual Congress in Toronto, Canada. My talk was entitled “Pelvic Tilt and Rotation Measured Using Handheld Navigation for Acetabular Component Positioning During Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement.” This opportunity came to me through my previous experience working at […]
Last month, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) held its biggest annual advocacy event: DO Day on Capitol Hill. DO Day on Capitol Hill offers DOs and osteopathic medical students the opportunity to advocate for their profession by educating members of Congress about the importance of their field and the most pressing issues they are facing […]