Last spring, at an MSL Student Governance meeting, Javier Jara (MSL ‘20) (pictured above), an MSL part-time student who was also a Research Assistant Professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine, pitched us on the idea of holding a Symposium to highlight the work of MSL students. He wanted us to have a showcase event […]
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MSL Career Advisors Share Interviewing Tips
Evan Goldberg and I recently gave a presentation to MSL students about best practices for preparing for interviews. Whether you’re interviewing for an internship, full-time position, or graduate school, you might want to keep the following tips in mind! Before the interview, be sure to review your resume and know everything that’s on it – […]
#MSLGoesSocial Week Highlights
Earlier this year, we held the first-ever MSL Goes Social Week, which included a number of activities designed to increase external awareness of the MSL program. One component of the week was a student-inspired social outreach campaign, during which MSL students, faculty, alumni, and staff used social media channels to share thoughts about the MSL […]
So how many people can say that they finished their Master’s during a pandemic?
It really sunk in after we sorted through the myriad of administrative emails and news updates: our experience in the MSL Program, at the Northwestern Law School, and in the city of Chicago would never be the same. We suddenly found ourselves Zoom-ing through our last quarter, in an unprecedented way, with the heavy support […]
A Week in the Life of MSL Student Justin Chae (MSL ’20)
We often get asked by prospective students: what will my days look like as a student in the MSL Program? To help answer this question, current student Justin Chae (MSL ’20) wrote the following blog post. He wrote this piece just before the MSL Program transitioned to eLearning in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak; […]
Job Search During CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19
Just like everybody else, MSL students are feeling the crush of the current health crisis. One topic that we have received a lot of questions about involves the current state of the job market. Though there isn’t a lot of concrete information available right now, our Director of Program Development, Shilpa Gokhale, recently compiled some […]
MSL Alumna Alice Lu (MSL ’20) Reflects on UNLEASH 2019
UNLEASH is a non-profit global innovation lab that selects 1,000 young people each year to develop solutions for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The solutions are developed at the “innovation lab,” which is hosted in a different country each year. UNLEASH 2019 took place in Shenzhen, China this past November. There were 18,000 […]
MSL Student Keerti Tadimeti on the Impact of COVID-19 on Underserved Populations in America
“COVID-19 May Have a Disproportionately Heavy Toll on Underserved, At-Risk, and Vulnerable Patient Populations.” While a vast majority of the U.S. population have started working from home and have emptied stores while stockpiling for social distancing, there’s a large group of underserved communities who aren’t able to do this, and thus are at a […]
MSL Students Represent Their Cultural Backgrounds at Global Village 2020
Global Village, widely known throughout the Northwestern Law School Community as one of the largest and most popular events in the spring, is a celebration of the international community represented throughout the Law School. Last month, Master of Science in Law (MSL) students participated in record numbers to showcase their unique cultures and heritages. MSL […]
Ditching the Billable Hour – Applied Research in Innovation Diffusion
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 […]