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Announcements | October 2010
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Microsoft has opened registration for their Women and Minority Conference to be held in Austin, TX on Monday November 8th. If interested, you should jump on registering now!
Registration Deadline: Soon!
You can get more information here: https://microsoft.crgevents.com/IPSummit2010/Content/Home.aspx . This is a great opportunity for those of you who might be interested in in-house positions or just for networking purposes. (I can tell you from my own experience that having friends in-house will be valuable to you as you move forward in your career.) Registration is free for students if you input the code: STUDENT.
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WRITING COMPETITION OPPORTUNITY
The Grammy Foundation
Presents
The 13th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition
Co-Sponsored by the ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
The ELI Essay Competition invites law students focusing on the entertainment practice to write a 3,000-word paper on a compelling legal topic facing the music industry today. The contest culminates with the winning student authors presenting their essays at the prestigious ELI luncheon on February 11, 2011.
Awards:
First Place Winner Receives $5000
Four Semifinalists Receive $1,500
All Winners receive:
One GRAMMY Awards Show Ticket
Round Trip Airfare to the GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles
Hotel Accomodations
Ticket to The MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Dinner
Submission deadline is Jan 3rd 2011 @ 11am PST (2pm EST)
Winners will be announced on February 4, 2011
For a complete listing of competition rules, and ELI Writing Competition Workshops
go to the Entertainment Law Initiative page on Facebook.com.
Simply search for "The Entertainment Law Initiative" or just go to http://tinyurl.com/ELIFacebook .
If you are not a Facebook user simply send an e-mail to eli@grammy.com
The GRAMMY Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) was conceived as a means to recognize and further develop the bond between the legal profession and the recording community with the goal of resolving issues confronting the music industry. One of the premier educational initiatives of ELI is the national legal writing contest and scholarship program, which is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. Law students from across the country are invited to research, analyze and submit essays regarding important issues facing the industry.
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Dear Members of the Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property:
BAR/BRI Patent Bar Review is looking to hire one Student Marketing Representative to begin immediately. This is a position for an on-campus independent contractor who will periodically report to us via phone and/or email. In exchange for just a little bit of time, we will provide a huge discount on our Patent Bar Review. The representative may earn a free course and unlimited commission!
This position takes no more than 15 hours during the semester. The responsibilities include (as allowed by the school):
- 2 table set-ups per semester, for approximately 2-3 hours per table
- 3 mailbox distributions
- postering
- distribution of brochures
- making announcements
- and if applicable, arranging a patent bar meeting
Students should only apply to this position if they will continue to be students during the 2011-2012 school year and are eligible to sit for the Patent Bar Exam.
Interested students should send a cover letter and resume to Carey LaMothe at carey.lamothe@patentbarbri.com
Best regards,
Carey LaMothe
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Aspen is now publishing a patent bar review tool.
It's expensive, but we wanted to provide the information to those of you who might be interested:
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/online_aid_for_patent_exam
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