Course Changes – Special Interest to IP Students (also others)

In order to accommodate more students, we have moved the following classes:

Food and Drug Law – taught by renowned Health Law expert, Professor Katherine Van Tassel.

Now scheduled for M/W at 10:45-12:15

Note: FDA Law may be used as an elective for the IP Certificate or LLM

Description: Food and Drug Law

This course will consider the many ways in which society attempts to manage the development, production, packaging and distribution of food, medical technologies and innovative biotechnologies. This course begins with the development of legal rules, both by private and public law, which govern the regulation of cosmetics, food supplements, drugs and devices from laboratory to ultimate use, including the impact of patent law and the law of trade secrets on these legal rules. The course then examines how the FDA uses these frameworks to regulate innovative biotechnologies such as genetically modified food, nanotechnology, cloning, artificial organs, gene and stem cell therapies (among many others). In addition, tort liability in connection with the production/manufacture, prescription, distribution and sale of these products, and the bioethical challenges posed by biotechnologies, will be analyzed.

Legal Drafting: Patent Drafting – taught by experienced patent attorney and teacher, Professor Alvin Rockhill.

Now scheduled for Thursday, 5:10-6:10

New Classes – Some Room Remaining

As you may have noticed, we are offering other new classes, including Law Firm Administration Seminar, Oil & Gas Law, and Animal Law. The first two are full, but there is still some room in Animal Law.

I urge you to register promptly to take advantage of this opportunity.

NEW DEADLINES for Reporting Pro Bono Hours

ATTN:   Law Students Who Entered Fall 2010 and Later!

ALL PRO BONO AND COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS YOU HAVE ACCUMULATED SINCE ENTERING LAW SCHOOL MUST BE REPORTED BY SEPTEMBER 30, 2011. IF YOU DO NOT REPORT YOUR HOURS BY THIS DATE, YOU WILL FORFEIT THOSE HOURS.

Also note semester-by-semester deadlines and updates on the Community and Pro Bono Publico Service Requirement approved September 15, 2011 by the Law Faculty, click here.