AIPLA Committee Report
DATE: [October 21, 2013] MEETING: [2013 Annual Meeting]
COMMITTEE NAME: Law Students Committee
COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP: Yelena Morozova, Chair and Samuel Van Eichner, Vice-Chair
SUBCOMMITTEES:
Law School Student Representatives:
1. Cardozo School of Law: Francesca Montalvo
2. George Washington University Law School: Joshua Kresh & Jake Berdine
3. Villanova University School of Law: William Kauffman
4. University of Washington School of Law: Annie Allison & Sonja Gerrard
5. Hofstra University School of Law: Julia Weis
6. University of New Hampshire School of Law: Navid Ahmadi
7. American University Washington College of Law: Amelia Wong
8. SMU Dedman School of Law: Lane Webster
9. New York University School of Law: Dolly J. Krishnaswamy
10. Washington & Lee School of Law: Elizabeth Farrell
11. Brooklyn Law School: Jordan Sinclair
12. USC Gould School of Law: Abtin Amir
13. University of Idaho College of Law: Jordan Stott
14. Chapman University School of Law: Nate Camuti
DISCUSS THE OVERALL MISSION OF THE COMMITTEE AS IT RELATES TO AIPLA’s VISION, MISSION, and VALUES:
The Law Student Committee’s mission is to help the association better identify with the concerns and needs of law students. The Committee wishes not only to invigorate AIPLA's current law student members, but also to welcome more students to join the association as active members.
Law student outreach is critical to the growth and development of the AIPLA membership base; the law student community is far and away the largest pool of potential new AIPLA members. As a result, the major goals of the Law Student Committee are to expand the AIPLA presence at law schools around the country, educate law students about AIPLA's role in the IP community, emphasize the benefits of AIPLA affiliation, and provide law students with guidance and tools necessary to start and develop their IP careers. By expanding the AIPLA law student membership base, we can increase AIPLA membership in the long term and accomplish more as a committee and as an organization.
DISCUSS THE COMMITTEES ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ADVOCACY, PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE COOPERATION WITH OTHER COMMITTEES TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES, if any:
DISCUSS THE COMMITTEES ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE COOPERATION WITH OTHER COMMITTEES TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES, if any:
On October 16, The Law Student Committee in conjunction with the Online Programs Committee held awebinaronDOs and DON’Ts of NETWORKING as an edition of the AIPLA Career and Practice Management Series. Thewebinar offered insight into how to get a legal job through networking, delving into exactly how to get the job you want, what methods you should use to network in both formal and informal settings, and differences in networking for small and large firms. Our speakers were Richard Goldstein, Founder/ Principal Patent Attorney at Goldstein Patent Law; Lisa Sousa, General Counsel at EF Education First; and Julia Mabin, Recruiting Coordinator at Bracewell & Giuliani. The webinar was moderated by our law student member Dolly J. Krishnaswamy.
In conjunction with the Biotechnology Committee, two our law student members prepared case law reports for the August issue of the Biotech Buzz. Sung Park of George Washington University Law School reported on Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. Yeu-Yan Perng of University of Washington Law School, reported on Novozymes A/S v. Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APS.
During August 2013, the Committee selected four law students to assist in the preparation of a Continuing Legal Education paper prepared by the Copyright Law Committee of the AIPLA: Melanie Graham of Villanova Law School, Shawn Greene of George Washington University School of Law, Jordan Joachim of New York University School of Law, and Quinn Stine, an LLM student at the George Washington University School of Law. The paper, entitled “Application Programming Interfaces (“APIs”) A Primer and Discussion of Oracle America v. Google,” discussed this recent landmark decision by District Judge William Alsup, as well as the issues on appeal, the definition of an application programming interface, the various amicus briefs submitted in connection with the appeal, and the potential implications of a decision on appeal. The paper is to serve as a CLE paper for the Track 2 session on Friday, October 25 entitled “Copyright in Computer APIs—Does Oracle v. Google Presage a Bleak Future?”
At the Annual Meeting, the Committee will hold a joint session with the Education Committee. The Law Student Committee will presents a panel discussion: "Bringing Your Career Online: Personal Branding and Social Media for Law Students." The panel discussion will focus on how law students can benefit from a more fully developed social media presence, as well as the pitfalls of pursuing such a strategy, with an emphasis on securing entry-level legal employment. The panel will also discuss strategies for effectively leveraging social media tools as an attorney. Our panelists are Tim Bukher, Partner, Handal & Morofsky; Jerry Cerasale, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Direct Marketing Association; Scott A. Elengold, Principal, Fish & Richardson; Alison Karmelek, Associate, Hunton & Williams; and Derek Khanna, Yale Law School Fellow, Information Society Project.
DISCUSS THE COMMITTEES ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MEMBER SERVICE, PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE COOPERATION WITH OTHER COMMITTEES TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES, if any:
In conjunction with the New Lawyers Committee, the Committee coordinates the Mentorship Initiative, which pairs law students with new lawyers. Under this Initiative, the Mentors (New Lawyers) provide Mentees (Law Students) with guidance on starting and developing their careers in IP law, becoming active within AIPLA, networking, and on other issues as well.
The Committee is currently recruiting Student Representatives in law schools across the country to facilitate contact between AIPLA and the law schools, recruit new law student members, market AIPLA events to the law student community, and help in coordinating local AIPLA events. The number of Student Representatives is slowly growing.
DISCUSS THE COMMITTEES ACTIVITIES RELATED TO GLOBAL OUTREACH, PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE COOPERATION WITH OTHER COMMITTEES TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES, if any: