Robert P. Merges to visit School of Law on October 11, 2011

“Justifying Intellectual Property” is the title of a new book by Prof. Robert P. Merges, of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.  Prof. Merges will discuss his new book during a luncheon address at the law school on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 12:30 in Room 152.  All students and faculty are invited to attend. 

In his book, Prof. Merges responds to those who argue that intellectual property rights are inefficient, unfair and theoretically incoherent.  Drawing on the works of Locke, Kent, and other philosophers, Prof. Merges crafts an original theory to explain why IP rights make sense as a reward for effort and as a way to encourage individuals to strive.  

Prof. Merges holds the Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professor of Law chair at Berkeley and is the co-founder of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.

GSLA – National Coming Out Day Bake Sale – October 11 – 8 am – 6:30 pm, Student Lounge

The Gay-Straight Law Alliance will be celebrating National Coming Out Day by selling baked goods and coffee in the student lounge on Tuesday, October 11th from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. In addition to selling pastries and coffee we’ll be offering literature and information on the goals of National Coming Out Day.  As a special offer, any person wearing purple will be given a 25% discount on products. Checks and credit cards will be accepted, however cash is preferred.

Spring 2012 Schedules to be released next week.

Registration begins Friday, October 14, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. for D3/E4 students and will continue on the priority registration schedule into the week of October 17th.  Due to current curriculum changes being implemented in connection with our new JD/LLM program effective the Spring 2012 semester we have been unable to get the Spring 2012 schedule to you sooner.  We have been informed that those changes are almost complete and plan to have the Spring 2012 schedule to the student body  by Tuesday of next week.  We will post an announcement with the link to the schedule once it is available.  Thank you.

ALLSA/ILS – Farhad Sethna to speak on Immigration Law – Oct. 12, 12:30, L-152 (Free Lunch!)

ALLSA and ILS are proud to welcome Farhad Sethna, Immigration lawyer and Adjunct Professor, as a special guest speaker. Topics of Discussion include: Deportation, Asylum, Visas, the intersection of Criminal and Immigration Law, Residency, and more! Anyone interested in this area of law will gain valuable insight into this growing and rapidly changing area of law.

He will be joining us Wednesday, October 12 at 12:30pm in room L-152. Chinese food will be provided from Chin’s Place.

We hope you will join us for this exciting event!