The Fall 2018 DPELC-MSL Speaker Series launches next week with Nicholas Colvin, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Chicago City Treasurer. Before we dive into the next series of fascinating speakers, let’s revisit some of our impressive speakers from past talks! Read this post below from April 2017, when we heard from Frank Floessel, […]
Vic Zaderej was the last guest of this spring’s DPELC-MSL Speaker Series and he proved to be a fantastic closing act by giving a talk on innovation, entrepreneurship, and intrapreneurship. Vic is an excellent person to speak on the subject since he’s been able to do it all throughout his career. Currently, he is the […]
On a special edition of the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, Pamela Morgan explained in clear language what so many people don’t understand: Bitcoin. As the founder and CEO of Third Key Solutions, LLC, Pamela is a widely respected authority on multi-signature governance and legal innovation using digital currencies. She is also an attorney, educator, entrepreneur, and public speaker, who […]
From March 20 – 22, 2018, Northwestern Law had the pleasure of hosting Margaret Hagan, the Director of the Legal Design Lab at Stanford Law School and lecturer at the Stanford Institute of Design (the d.school). Margaret graduated from Stanford Law School in June 2013. She served as a student fellow at the Center for […]
Kelsey Lutz, the Chief Operating Officer of Luxury Garage Sale, was this week’s guest on the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, where she talked to MSL students about her transition from investment banking to upscale online retail. Throughout the years, Luxury Garage Sale has stood out for being a carefully curated high-fashion consignment boutique. The company began […]
The latest DPELC-MSL Speaker Series was a particularly inspiring one. The MSL students welcomed Andrew Stroth, a former sports agent turned civil rights lawyer for victims of police abuse. Andrew talked about the professional journey that led him to become the Managing Partner of the Action Injury Law Group, a firm that deals with more […]
Paula Fasseas, Founder and Chairman of PAWS Chicago, was the latest guest in the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, where she wowed the students with the story of her volunteer grassroots organization. Since 1997, PAWS has been the national model for no kill animal shelters. Thanks to its efforts, the number of homeless pets killed in the […]
The final guest of this semester’s DPELC-MSL Speaker Series was Olaf Gruess, Technology Manager & Global Connector at General Mills. Gruess has over 18 years of experience at the company and currently leads new product development and strategic research initiatives. He is also a big advocate of “Connected Innovation”, a new approach to venture work […]
With its commitment to Law-STEM initiatives, Northwestern Law is steadily addressing a real gap in the market: most lawyers are not particularly adept with technology, and most of the folks developing new technologies do not understand much about law and regulation. As our readers probably realize, the Master of Science in Law program is designed […]
Rishi Shah, Illinois’ newest billionaire, was the guest at the latest DPELC-MSL Speaker Series event. As the CEO and Founder of Outcome Health, Shah made headlines when his startup received the largest single funding round of any Chicago venture-backed company in the past decade. At the Speaker Series, he spoke about his path to becoming […]