Tuesday, October 5, 2010
9,000+ Strong
Did you know that the ABA-IPL Section has over 9,000 law student members? Join us! You'll be in good company. http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/resources/law_student.html
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Conference Calls
The American Bar Association is a national organization, so most of the work is done via conference calls each month for each committee, board and even the Section Councils. I currently sit on two boards for the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section (ABA-IPL), so I have two monthly conference calls to attend. Thankfully, I do not have class during the time of the calls because I have an externship this semester and I am able to take my externship lunch to coincide with the calls.
The conference calls last between 30-60 minutes and are facilitated by the Chair of the Board or the Committee. The ABA's conference calling system is easy to use, and you can easily mute your line through the conference calling system so you don't disrupt the person talking with your background noise.
I'm posting about this to dispel any fears that my fellow law students might have about joining a committee that has conference calls.
Joining a committee is one of the easiest and fastest ways to get involved in the ABA-IPL. Check out the Committees Page at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/committees.html and join one today! You have to be a Section member first, but Section membership is FREE to law students! Use this link to add the Section to your ABA law student membership today: http://apps.americanbar.org/osm/sections/osm_sect_edit.cfm?host=apps.americanbar.org&url=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law.html&role=PT.
The conference calls last between 30-60 minutes and are facilitated by the Chair of the Board or the Committee. The ABA's conference calling system is easy to use, and you can easily mute your line through the conference calling system so you don't disrupt the person talking with your background noise.
I'm posting about this to dispel any fears that my fellow law students might have about joining a committee that has conference calls.
Joining a committee is one of the easiest and fastest ways to get involved in the ABA-IPL. Check out the Committees Page at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/committees.html and join one today! You have to be a Section member first, but Section membership is FREE to law students! Use this link to add the Section to your ABA law student membership today: http://apps.americanbar.org/osm/sections/osm_sect_edit.cfm?host=apps.americanbar.org&url=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law.html&role=PT.
Monday, August 9, 2010
2010 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco
As the incoming Law Student Division (LSD) Liaison to the Intellectual Property Law (IPL) Section of the ABA, my first order of business was to attend the 2010 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Every where I walked in San Francisco was filled with attorneys wearing their ABA badges, carrying their ABA tote bags. The city had such an exciting vibe because everyone at the Meeting was ready to meet fellow attorneys and law students. Strangers would strike up conversation in line at the Starbucks next to the convention center and everyone with the LexisNexis lanyards around their necks would smile at each other on the street.
Likewise, the ABA-IPL welcomed me with open arms. I was given tickets to all events, luncheons and even the big Section Celebration. I was also invited to sit on their Membership Board and their Young Lawyers & Law Students Board. I even attended the Section Council meeting and chatted with a Division Chair.
This was my first time experiencing the ABA in action, and it was delightful!
As a law student, I was amazed by the networking opportunities available to me. Every CLE event, every luncheon and every elevator ride was a networking opportunity. The attorneys were excited to have a law student around, and many were more than willing to help out a law student in any way that they could.
Aside from my wonderful ABA-IPL colleagues, one of the highlights of the Meeting was the Section Celebration. The ABA-IPL Staff did a fantastic job putting the event together. It was held at a restaurant several blocks from the Section's hotel, where we dined, drank and chatted until our hearts content. And then we sang karaoke! It was so much fun to see everyone let loose and enjoy themselves. I'm sure the restaurant hosting us had no idea that a group of Intellectual Property attorneys could be so much fun.
I look forward to the coming year and I am grateful to be representing the interests of law students to the Intellectual Property Law Section of the ABA. I hope to provide the Section with insight about what we law students want in a bar association/section, and how to best reach out to us. I am thankful for the guidance of ABA-IPL staff members Amy Mandel and Leah Richards, who helped make my Meeting experience one to remember, and to the outgoing ABA-IPL Law Student Liaison, Angela Morrison, for sharing her experience as Liaison last year, which has set me up for success this year.
I have already expressed a strong desire to get the Section it's own law students' Facebook page and have many ideas that I look forward to implementing this year during my term as Law Student Liaison. [edit 4/1/2011: The page is now available at https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10100813764191853&id=2204045#!/pages/ABA-IPL-for-Law-Students/214053651942190]
Every where I walked in San Francisco was filled with attorneys wearing their ABA badges, carrying their ABA tote bags. The city had such an exciting vibe because everyone at the Meeting was ready to meet fellow attorneys and law students. Strangers would strike up conversation in line at the Starbucks next to the convention center and everyone with the LexisNexis lanyards around their necks would smile at each other on the street.
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| TV screens in the hotel displayed the events of each day |
This was my first time experiencing the ABA in action, and it was delightful!
As a law student, I was amazed by the networking opportunities available to me. Every CLE event, every luncheon and every elevator ride was a networking opportunity. The attorneys were excited to have a law student around, and many were more than willing to help out a law student in any way that they could.
Aside from my wonderful ABA-IPL colleagues, one of the highlights of the Meeting was the Section Celebration. The ABA-IPL Staff did a fantastic job putting the event together. It was held at a restaurant several blocks from the Section's hotel, where we dined, drank and chatted until our hearts content. And then we sang karaoke! It was so much fun to see everyone let loose and enjoy themselves. I'm sure the restaurant hosting us had no idea that a group of Intellectual Property attorneys could be so much fun.
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| Room where the Section Council was held |
I have already expressed a strong desire to get the Section it's own law students' Facebook page and have many ideas that I look forward to implementing this year during my term as Law Student Liaison. [edit 4/1/2011: The page is now available at https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10100813764191853&id=2204045#!/pages/ABA-IPL-for-Law-Students/214053651942190]
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