WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Big Table Discussion w/ Fredrikson & Byron Attorney’s Leigh-Erin Irons & Kurt Niederluecke @ 12:15PM @ the Big Table: Join Fredrikson & Byron Attorney’s Leigh-Erin Irons & Kurt Niederluecke as They Discuss their Career Paths. Leigh-Erin is a shareholder with the firm, co-chair of the Private Equity practice group, on our Board of Directors, and also sits on our Hiring Committee and Lateral Hiring Committee. She started her career as a summer associate with the firm in 2002. Kurt is a shareholder in our IP Litigation department (former chair of that department), and he is also on our Hiring Committee. Kurt is an aerospace engineer turned lawyer, and he lateraled to Fredrikson 15 years ago after practicing with another local firm for 10 years.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Big Table Discussion w/ Tiffany Harper,Associate Counsel at Grant Thornton LLP of the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program @ 12PM @ the Big Table: Join Tiffany to learn more about DAPP and the application process.
Practicing Law Institute (PLI) presentation by Mark Dighton, PLI’s Director of Law School Relations and a Director of their Patent Office Exam Course @ 12PM in ABH309 : Topics for discussion include:
• The latest info on the Patent Office Exam, • Who can take it, • How it works, now that it’s on computer and “on demand,” • When you should take it (you don’t need to…and probably shouldn’t…wait until you graduate), • How the America Invents Act and recent US Supreme Court cases have impacted the Exam, and • Recommendations on when and how to study for this very difficult Exam. Scholarships to PLI’s other IP programs will also be discussed.