Last Tuesday at the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, students had the chance to hear from Michael Ross, a Northwestern Law alumnus who is now a Product Manager at LexCheck. His work for this pre-Series A start-up is focused on their main products: a Microsoft Word add-in and a web platform, both of which can be used […]
Congratulations to MSL Student Katherine Culbert for being a GRIT awards finalist! Learn more about her journey to the GRIT awards below and tune in to the live stream on October 3 to cheer her on!
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, […]
Starting a business is a highly complicated endeavor. Students in the MSL program learn fundamental entrepreneurial skills, including the legal aspects to consider in order to succeed. In this video, Professor Steve Reed offers some tips for entrepreneurs who are ready to take the leap and launch their business: Want to see more? Check out […]
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Annual Entrepreneurship Law Conference is designed as a forum to explore various legal issues that entrepreneurs face when considering new ventures. The day-long event hosts a series of panels, a keynote speaker, and several networking opportunities for professionals that work at the intersection of law and entrepreneurship. This year’s conference focused […]
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 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 […]
This week’s DPELC-MSL Speaker Series featured Samara Mejia Hernandez and Benjamin Hernandez. Samara is an early stage investor at MATH Venture Partners and Benjamin is the Founder & CEO of NuMat Technologies. Though they are now fixtures in their industries, their personal and professional backgrounds differed from that of a lot of their peers. The […]
On Thursday, October 12, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted Techstars Chicago Demo Day. Over four hundred people gathered at Thorne Auditorium to watch 10 startup founders pitch their companies to mentors, colleagues and other members of the tech community. As first-time hosts of the event, Demo Day gave the Law School the opportunity to […]
On this week’s DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, David Morris of Fox, Swibel, Liben & Carroll interviewed Scott Mandell of Enjoy Life Foods and Cannibastry Labs about his career as an entrepreneur. Scott founded his Enjoy Life Foods as part of a class assignment when he was a student at the Kellogg School of Management. The gluten-free, […]