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Intellectual Property Student Association at Howard University School of Law

Meetings

Thurs., 9/4/08, 12:15-1pm - IPSA General Body Meeting

Events

Sat., 10/4/08, 9am-3pm - Joint Minority Judicial Clerkship and Internship Conference

Speakers

Wed., 9/10/08, 12:15-1pm - Charles Monterio, Dickstein Shapiro LLP - "A Day in the Life of an IP Litigator"
Wed., 9/17/08,12:15-1pm - Aisha Williams, Covington & Burling LLP- "A Day in the Life of an IP Corporate Attorney"
Fri., 10/24/08, 12:15-1pm - Tashia Bunch, Tamera Frazier, Shewana Skinner, and (TBA Patent speaker), United States Patent and Trademark Office

 

Mission

 

The Howard University School of Law Intellectual Property Student Association (IPSA) was established fall semester of 2003.  IPSA was created as a student-run link to the Howard University School of Law Institute of Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ).  In keeping with the Brown v. Board of Education legacy, the organization’s purpose is to ensure equal representation of all Intellectual Property (IP) Attorneys in IP practice.  IPSA endeavors to encourage law students with technical and non-technical backgrounds to: learn more about the practice of IP in the legal field; become actively involved in promoting the practice of IP in its various forms; pursue IP practice as a legal career; and increase the pool of qualified IP lawyers of color in the marketplace.  IPSA intends to accomplish these objectives by building, fostering and maintaining strategic alliances with Intellectual Property student associations, judges and leading Intellectual Property attorneys.

 

Short Term Goals

  • Educate Howard Law students about the myriad of opportunities available in the practice of IP
  • Dispel myths about what an IP lawyer is or is not
  • Educate about the need and desirability for IP lawyers who do not have science or engineering backgrounds
  • Foster and build relationships with other IP student organizations at law school in the D.C. metropolitan area
  • Foster and build relationships with IP practitioners and judges
  • Maintain an active presence in the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court
  • Encourage science and engineering students to consider law school and the practice of IP law a viable career alternative
  • Maintain organizational website

  Long Term Goals

  • Create an Intellectual Property Law Journal that will explore and discuss innovations made in IP as they result to social justice issues.
  • Work with the National Moot Court Team on Intellectual Property Moot Court competitions.
  • Work with the HUSL Clinic to create or participate in an existing Intellectual Property Clinic
  • Create an employment clearinghouse to match IP students with employers for both summer and permanent, full-time IP employment.

 

CONTACTS:

            Shewana Skinner, President

          sdskinner@law.howard.edu

 

          Tiffany Tucker, Vice President

          tjtucker@law.howard.edu

 

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