Law Quick Practice Guides

Law Career Services has uploaded the following Quick Practice Guides into Symplicity’s Resources Tab.  These guides provide a quick overview of sample resources, ideas and opportunities in the following practice areas.  This collection of resources will gradually be expanded to include most major practice areas in the future.

Art & Cultural Heritage
Child & Family Law
Intellectual Property
Patents
Government
Public Interest
Corporate
Criminal
Immigration
Environmental
Real Estate
Public International (Human Rights)

TIP Clinic Openings for Fall 2012

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There are still available openings for the Intellectual Property Legal Clinic for the Fall 2012 semester!

The Technology and Intellectual Property Clinic (TIP Clinic®) is housed within the College of Law clinical offices and is supervised by Professor Barbara Bressler.    Students in the program provide

Reminder: Loyola Patent Fair Registration DUE MONDAY

Loyola University Chicago School of Law is hosting the 2012 Patent Law Interview Program on Thursday, August 2 and Friday, August 3 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. This is a nationwide interview program that targets patent law employers, rising 2L and 3L students, and students in Intellectual Property LLM programs.

Online student registration for this year's Patent Law Interview Program will close THIS MONDAY, March 5. Registration occurs via the Patent Law Interview Program's Website At this stage of registration, students will only need to enter some basic information (you will upload your resume and bid on interviews later in the semester). Please note that our school is listed alphabetically as DePaul University College of Law on the registration form's drop down menu of law schools.

Symposium THIS Saturday: Pen to Digital Press: DIY Publishing in the Digital Age:

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On Saturday, February 11th, Lawyers for the Creative Arts and John Marshall Law School will jointly present a symposium titled Pen to Digital Press: DIY Publishing in the Digital Age. The presentations begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. followed by a raffle prize drawing, book signing, and networking reception.

This is a follow up to the 2009 popular symposium, Pen to Press: the Fine Print in Self-Publishing. Register at: http://law-arts.org/documents/PentoDigitalPressSymposium.pdf .

Due to popular demand for training and education on publishing law and the myriad contract termination, privacy and content licensing concerns, LCA has put together a team of leading lawyers and publishing professionals to address issues involved in sharing literary content in the online age. Lawyers, writers, professors and students are all welcome to register and attend.

Registration is $85 general admission and $55 for student enrolled in a full-time educational higher education program.

Patent Bar 101 by the Practising Law Institute: February 9th

Join the Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology and Law Career Services for a Patent Bar 101 Discussion with John M. White of the Practising Law Institute. Topics include: the latest info on the Patent Bar Exam, Who can take it, How it works (now that it's computer-based), When you should take it (you don't need to…and probably shouldn't…wait until you graduate), How and when the American Invents Act will impact the Exam, and, Recommendations on when and how to study for this very difficult Exam.

10 Tips for Safe Social Networking for Attorneys

We posted a tweet about this a couple of weeks ago, but thought it worth revisiting as ethics rules become more complicated, and are often not written with the latest, and certainly not the upcoming, technology in mind. In what jurisdiction is your avatar practicing in Second Life? When is it soliciting clients? Did your post just tip your hand to opposing counsel? And never, never consider yourself anonymous.

PLI Program Scholarships Available

The Practicing Law Institute offers great programs for practitioners on various topics and has scholarships available to students to participate for reduced or low-costs. In addition, PLI offers a great Law School Newsletter that keeps you apprised of their upcoming programming, information about their patent bar review course materials, and so much more.