The MSL year is always punctuated by two major milestones – orientation and graduation. As we prepare to welcome our new MSL class in a few weeks at August orientation, we are reminded of the wonderful Law School convocation celebration held in May. Graduation Week is always a wonderful time, but this year’s activities were […]
The Northwestern Master of Science in Law (MSL) program attracts entrepreneurs and entrepreneurially-minded students and professionals. These folks build a foundation in law and business, and they learn about many of the unique regulatory and legal issues they face when starting or contributing to a new business venture. The MSL offers specific classes that are […]
Many Northwestern Master of Science in Law (MSL) students come to the program with an interest in policy development, and every class in the curriculum considers the role of policy in one way or another. Similarly, MSL students are interested in ethics, and all are required to take a course on “Ethics in Law & […]
The Innovation Lab class in Northwestern’s Master of Science in Law (MSL) program allows students to devise a real-world solution to a problem that exists in law practice. The “clients” in this class are lawyers from various settings who have identified a problem in delivering legal services; MSL students work together with JD, LLM, and […]
Northwestern Master of Science in Law (MSL) students often find themselves thinking about the cutting edge of technological development, so it is not a surprise that several symposium presentations focused on issues raised by the rapid evolution and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). While many of the symposium presentations mentioned artificial intelligence (it’s everywhere!), the […]
The next post in our symposium series (see: Part 1) focuses on student presentations related to healthcare and medicine. Each year, the MSL program enrolls students with academic and professional backgrounds in healthcare, medicine, and life sciences: students interested in attending medical school, clinicians including doctors, nurses and EMTs, medical scribes, professionals working in healthcare […]
Four years ago, one of our Master of Science in Law (MSL) student leaders, Javier Jara (MSL ’20), suggested that we hold an event to highlight the MSL and give students the opportunity to present the work they had completed or topics they had explored during the MSL program. This led to the first MSL […]
I was one of those students who always thought “someday” I would go to law school. Life got in the way, though, and twenty years in the legal industry later, I found myself at an inflection point. I could continue on my current path, making a comfortable living but maxed out in my career, or […]
Veni, Vidi, Vici: my MSL experience in three words. I came, I saw, I conquered. I still find myself in disbelief that graduation is less than one month away. While it is an understatement to claim that this past academic year has flown by, I find it incredibly satisfying to think about how much was […]
The Master of Science in Law degree (MSL) is useful in a wide variety of professions; one of these is clinical research. The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) is having its annual conference later this week – that’s what got us thinking about the benefits of the MSL for clinical research professionals. We reached […]