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Women in Law: IP Edition

Join the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and the Women and the Law Program for this event, which will showcase some of the amazing career paths that women interested in intellectual property and tech law can pursue.  Our confirmed panelists include: 

·         Sarah Harris, General Counsel, USPTO

·         Kimberly Nguyen, Associate (IP & Tech Transactions, Cybersecurity), Cooley, LLP *

·         Camille Stewart, Manager (Cybersecurity & Privacy), Deloitte and Security Fellow, Truman National Security Project *

·         Suzanne Michel, Senior Patent Counsel, Google

·         Jessica Flores, Associate (IP – Patents, Nuclear and Electrical Power Plant Technologies), Foley & Lardner, LLP *

 

This panel will be moderated by Brighton Springer, Attorney (Office of the General Counsel at the Department of Energy in the Tech Transfer and Intellectual Property section) *

 

* = WCL Alumna 

 

 

This event is open to WCL students, alum, faculty and staff only. 

Lunch will be provided but you must RSVP!

 

 

Date: Monday, Sept. 17^th

Time: 12 – 1 PM

Room: NT01 Ceremonial Classroom (Warren building, first floor)

RSVP: https://www.jotform.com/pijip/womeninlawIP

 

BLSA: First General Body Meeting

Gideons Promise Post Graduate Fellowship Information Session

Gideon’s Promise is an organization dedicated to assuring that every individual facing criminal charges receives adequate legal representation regardless of  economic status. For the last five years, WCL has participated in Gideon’s Promise’s “Law School  Partnership”—a program that provides top-notch training and places graduates in public defender  offices across the South. The defender offices guarantee that within the first year, the graduate  will be moved into a full-time position. More information is at http://www.gideonspromise.org/programs/lspp. Join us for lunch and a conversation with WCL Professor Angela Davis and a Gideon's Promise alumnus from WCL and learn more about this program. Applications are due in October!

BLSA: What I Wish I had Known Alumni Panel

Gender and Law Lunch and Learn, Sterilization for Freedom: Coerced Contraception for Reduced Sentences

Did you know that judges have used the promise of sentence reductions to gain consent from incarcerated people to receive vasectomies or birth control implants, or undergo sterilization procedures? Join us for "Sterilization for Freedom: Coerced Contraception for Reduced Sentence" to discuss current proposed measures to put an end to this practice. September 19th 12-1pm in N104. RSVP by emailing womenlaw@wcl.american.edu.