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 […]
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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 […]
Fall 2018 Industry Associates Night
On November 2, the MSL program hosted its first Fall Industry Associates Night. As we have discussed in the past, Industry Associates Night is the program’s premier professional development and networking event. This year, we decided to give students a taste of Industry Associates Night earlier in the program so they have experience networking with […]
WE18 Recap!
I’m off to Cleveland tomorrow to represent the MSL at the 2018 SHPE National Convention…but first, here’s a recap of my experience at another engineering conference earlier this season: SWE’s annual conference!
New Legal Services for the New World
The Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center and MSL program recently co-sponsored an event, featuring Harold Washington Professor Dan Rodriguez and CPEI Distinguished Fellow Mark Cohen. Dan Rodriguez and Mark Cohen discussed the evolving alternative models to providing and managing legal services, models which involve creative new initiatives of both lawyers and other professionals who work in the legal […]
Welcome to Law School!
This week, both residential and online MSL students embarked on their first week of classes. You might be wondering: how do STEM students acclimate to legal studies after undergraduate degrees and/or careers in the sciences? Well, each year, residential* MSL students participate in an intensive on-campus orientation (internally known as Orientation Maximus), which consists of […]
Advice for New Students from Those Who’ve Been There
Welcome, new MSL Students! The first week can be overwhelming, but your fellow Law School classmates are here to help. Are you a returning student or an alum? Feel free to post your advice for the incoming class below.
Inside International Team Projects: BeNeLux ITP
Over Spring Break, several MSL students traveled around the country and the world as a part of one of two immersion-style classes offered to Northwestern Law MSL students: the Entrepreneurship Team Project and one of several International Team Projects. Read about MSL Student Lauryn’s experiences on the ITP BeNeLux trip below!
What Is Industry Associates Night?
Among the many events leading up to Convocation, there is one evening that helps soon-to-be MSL grads with their future plans: Industry Associates Night. The premier MSL event of the year brings together students, alumni, and professionals working at the intersection of law, business and tech for a night of presentations and networking. This year […]
Northwestern Law Launches Suite of Spring 2018 Law-Tech Offerings
This Spring, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law will launch “Navigating the Future of Law,” a series of events focused on how technology is changing legal services. These events, which are open to the entire Northwestern Law community, offer students, faculty and alumni an opportunity to hear from the business leaders, technologists, design thinkers, educators and […]