One of the most special things about the MSL program is the MSL faculty – a collection of accomplished, interesting, and generous scholars and teachers. To help students get to know their faculty members a little bit better, we started the MSL Friday Faculty Fireside series: a series of one-on-one conversations between the director of […]
Hello all! My name is Amear Alhadidi and I provide administrative and operational support for MSL students, faculty, and staff. I am a great first point of contact and I will either answer your questions or point you in the right direction to get your questions answered. I’ve been with the program since March 2019, […]
The DPELC-MSL Speaker Series continued last month with a talk by Evonne Sepsis, the Founder and Managing Partner of ESC Advisors, a boutique healthcare investment bank focused on the life sciences sector for emerging growth and mid-cap companies both in US and in Europe; ESC advises on both financings and M&A. Evonne is an alum of […]
MSL alumna Jenna Dobry has recently launched a social impact start-up in Canada; her company, re-give, is collecting unused or partially-used gift cards, consolidating them, and distributing them to community organizations around Calgary. Jenna credits the MSL with helping her develop the mindset and knowledge to start this company; see Jenna’s student profile here. I […]
During the Fall 1 term, MSL students get acclimated to the study of law, the rhythm of classes, and modes of studying; they also learn about the various initiatives and activities going on at the law school that are of special interest to them. One opportunity that always engages MSL students is the Law & […]
There’s no doubt about it — the MSL Orientation Week for new students is intense. Because our students have been studying or working mostly in STEM fields, the law is new to them; we use Orientation Week to introduce students to legal terminology and ideas, to a different method of study, and also to a […]
One of the unique aspects of the MSL Program is the wide variety of talents that MSL students bring to the table. From music to sports to art, the MSL student body is a very talented group! Case in point: Part-time MSL student Neil Misak, a Microsoft employee, happens to be a very skilled DJ […]
When students are admitted to the MSL program, we provide a list of recommended reading – books that we feel will help prepare students to study law. You can review the list here; you’ll see a mix of law-related titles, books related to skills development, and books with an interdisciplinary focus. Most students pick and […]
One of the companies that has really bought into the value of MSL training is VillageMD, a quickly growing provider of primary care services across the US. VillageMD has hired multiple graduates of the MSL program. In the words of VillageMD General Counsel Wendy Rubas: “The Northwestern MSLs have a solid grounding in law, so […]
My work at Cardinal IP focuses on the prior art searching stage of the patent prosecution process; I analyze potential claims of clients’ inventions and explore prior art that may invalidate an invention under 35 U.S.C. §102, Novelty and 35 U.S.C. §103, Non-Obviousness. In short, I use a variety of databases and research tools in an attempt to find, […]