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 […]
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Euler Bropleh, Founder and Managing Director of VestedWorld Speaks to Northwestern Law Students
As part of the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series, we recently welcomed Euler Bropleh, Founder and Managing Director of VestedWorld, to share his interesting journey from law to venture capital. Euler began his career at top global law firms; it was his law firm experience that sparked his belief in economic development as the best way to […]
Ralph Baxter of Legal Services Today Discusses How the Legal Industry Refers to Legal Service Professionals
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 […]
Myra Pasek JD ’90 Visits Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Earlier this month, Myra Pasek (JD ’90), former General Counsel at Impossible Foods, and current General Counsel at Ouster, spent two days at the law school talking to students about her interesting work in the technology sector. During her time at the law school, she kicked off the Spring version of the DPELC-MSL Speakers Series, […]
MSL Alumni Out in the World: Amy Pestenariu (MSL ’19) on a Human Rights-Based Response to Tuberculosis
On 31 October 2019, following work that I had done in the International Human Rights Law & Practice Clinic during my time in the MSL program, I had the opportunity to facilitate and present at a first-of-its-kind, legal and community training workshop in Hyderabad, India, on the subject of a human rights-based response to tuberculosis. […]
MSL Program Kicks-off 2020 with Career Panels for Students
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, […]
MSL Students Out in the Community: Eric DeChant’s Afternoon at the Banner Witcoff Law Firm
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, […]
Professor Rodriguez Discusses the Educational Piece of the Puzzle for Allied Legal Professionals
In the following article, Dan Rodriguez, the Harold Washington Professor and former dean at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, discusses efforts to increase access to legal services through the use of legal professionals who are not licensed lawyers. He focuses on how these “Allied Legal Professionals” (ALPs) might be educated to effectively represent clients, […]
MSL Students Learn About the US-China Trade War (and Celebrate Chinese New Year)
The US-China relationship is widely recognized as the most important bilateral relationship in the world; many STEM and legal professionals confront issues related to this relationship on a daily basis. To share some insights about working transnationally, Perkins Coie, an international law firm, sponsored a seminar for MSL students entitled, “Skirmishes in the Trade War: […]
MSL Program Director Featured in Higher Education Blog: Evolllution
MSL Program Director, Leslie Oster, recently sat down with the folks at Evolllution, a higher education media outlet, to discuss the process of creating the MSL Online Program, which launched in the Fall of 2018. The conversation describes the main characteristics of the MSL and focuses on the decision to develop the program in-house, rather […]