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 […]
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Caterpillar Executives Tom Bluth (JD ‘00) and Clay Thompson Speak to MSL Program Students
The MSL program plans tons of events that connect our students to the outside world and to professionals who are doing intersectional work that is relevant to our students’ many interests. Recently, we held a special executive seminar, with Caterpillar executives Tom Bluth (JD ‘00), Vice President of Legal Aftermarket Support, and Clay Thompson, Vice […]
DPELC-MSL Speaker Series: Jan Reed
For the last DPELC-MSL Speaker Series presentation of the semester, students heard from Jan Reed, JD ’84. Reed is currently a board member of AngioDynamics, Inc., Stepan Co., and Life365, Inc., as well as an adjunct professor here at Northwestern’s Entrepreneurship Law Center. She is also notably the former Senior Vice President, General Counsel & […]
How Teddy Scott Entered the Industry
Northwestern Law alumnus Teddy Scott joined the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series last week to tell the story of how he went from STEM student to CEO of PharmaCann, LLC. Scott led students through a brief history of the commercial marijuana industry in the United States and then shared an overview of his thirty years of experience. […]
Drew Hinkes Believes in Blockchain
Drew Hinkes has no trouble explaining Blockchain. Mr. Hinkes is co-founder and General Counsel of Athena Blockchain, a start-up investment bank focused on tokenized securities. He’s also an adjunct professor at the NYU Stern Business School and the NYU School of Law, where he co-teaches “Digital Currency, Blockchains, and the Future of the Financial Services […]
Michael Ross Ventures into Legal Tech
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 […]
(Repost) DPELC-MSL Speaker Series: Frank Floessel
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, […]
Admitted Students Day
Admitted Students Day is an exciting chance for faculty and staff to meet the incoming cohort and to give them a sense of Law School life. Last month, we had the pleasure of hosting students and their families for a tour of campus, an informational session with staff, and a welcome from our outgoing dean, […]
DPELC-MSL Speaker: Courtney VanLonkhuyzen
Courtney VanLonkhuyzen, general counsel at Lenovo Mobile Business Group, recently visited the Law School to give a talk as part of the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series. Like other speakers in the series, her work is squarely at the intersection of law, technology, and business. As some of you may have heard, Lenovo recently acquired Motorola from […]
Q&A with Norbert Riedel
Norbert Riedel visited the Law School as part of the DPELC-MSL Speaker Series. Below are some of the questions that were asked by students following the talk. If you haven’t read the post on the content of his talk, you may want to start here! What kinds of patents does Naurex/Aptinyx get? Mainly, composition of matter […]